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5.3/10   54 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Shelby Foote (novel)
Larry McMurtry (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
27 January 1992 (USA) more
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Soothing Their Conscience more (1 total)

Cast

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Cybill Shepherd ... Reeny Perdew
John Laughlin ... Rufus Hutton
J.E. Freeman ... Podjo Harris

Richard Brooks ... Eben Kinship
Vanessa Bell Calloway ... Martha Kinship
Martin C. Gardner
Moses Gunn ... Tio Wiggins
Tothany Reynolds ... Sister Baby
John Sullivan ... Dude
John Locke ... Desk Sergeant
Ernest Perry Jr. ... Handcuffed Black Man (as Earnest Perry Jr.)
Bob Orwig ... White Policeman
Eddie 'Snowman' Crawford ... Black Man at 'Fat Bobby's'
George R. Parker ... Shooting Gallery Owner
Chino 'Fats' Williams ... Fat Bobby
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Runtime:
100 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Soundtrack:
BOPPIN' THE BLUES more

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6 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Soothing Their Conscience, 23 October 2006
4/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I really liked the visuals in this movie. It had nice muted, smoky colors. Too bad I didn't care that much for the story, or the woman (Cybil Shepherd) who co- wrote or it or the idiot (Ted Turner) who produced it.

This is the typical story in which the poor Southern blacks are all victims of white racists and every white person in the film - with the exception of "Reeny Perdew" (Shepherd, of course) - is a brutal bigot.

I was surprised that this made-for-TV film had three usages of Jesus' name in vain plus other blatant profanities, about everything but the f-word. Overall, the story was okay, nothing special; just another opportunity for southern Liberal writers (co-writers Shelby Foote, Larry McMurtrey, etc.) to soothe their guilty consciences.

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