The Sure Hand of God (2004)

Director:

Michael Kolko

Writers:

Erskine Caldwell (book), Horace Wilson

Stars:

Gail O'Grady, Jennifer Morrison, Will Wallace

Cast

Credited cast:
Gail O'Grady	...	Molly Bowser
Jennifer Morrison	...	Lily Bowser
Will Wallace	...	Claude Stevens
Daniel Roebuck	...	Marcus Bowser
Gregory Jbara	...	Rev. Bigbee
Bitty Schram	...	Christine Bigbee
James Eckhouse	...	Benny Ballard
Susan Ruttan	...	Lucy Trotter
Nate Richert	...	Perry Trotter
Clint Howard	...	Clyde Trotter
Dick Van Patten	...	Jamie Denton
Robert Cicchini	...	Joe
Gordon Clapp	...	Jefferson T. Stevens
Rick Scarry	...	Sam Wiggins
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael O'Grady	...	Pete Peeples

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

widow | church | dead husband | nosy neighbor | based on book

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Trailer, Actor bios, Photo galleries, Fan screensavers, etc.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 February 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sinners Need Company

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Typical Erskine Caldwell

Stepdad dies after spending what would have been his estate on bad poker hands, white trash mom decides to arrange for daughter to marry rich and the rest just follows along.

The casting was good, the acting was acceptable, for television, and the story kept moving. That's about all you can expect from TV these days. It's worth a couple of hours if you have nothing else to do.

I must confess to being confused by the review about the "evil Christians." It appears this guy has an ax to grind, and this isn't the place. I spent a bit of time in places such as where this story is set, and the woods are full of "Christians" like those in the film. Given Caldwell's father's vocation and after the way the author was raked over the coals early in his career by the forces of Christian Decency, it's little wonder many of his stories come off the way they do.