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Resting Place

  • TV Movie
  • 19861986
  • PGPG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Resting Place (1986)
Drama
The mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The pare... Read allThe mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The parents are assisted by their neighbor, Mrs. McAlister, in their patriotic and racially divide... Read allThe mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The parents are assisted by their neighbor, Mrs. McAlister, in their patriotic and racially divided community.
IMDb RATING
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    • John Korty
    • Walter Halsey Davis
  • Stars
    • John Lithgow
    • Richard Bradford
    • Morgan Freeman
    • John Korty
    • Walter Halsey Davis
  • Stars
    • John Lithgow
    • Richard Bradford
    • Morgan Freeman
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    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

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    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Maj. Kendall Laird
    Richard Bradford
    Richard Bradford
    • Gen. Willard P. Hauer
    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Luther Johnson
    G.D. Spradlin
    G.D. Spradlin
    • Sam Jennings
    CCH Pounder
    CCH Pounder
    • Ada Johnson
    Frances Sternhagen
    Frances Sternhagen
    • Eudora McCallister
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Sarge
    John Philbin
    John Philbin
    • Bradford Erskine
    Brian Tarantina
    Brian Tarantina
    • Sp4 Beyer
    Richard Brooks
    Richard Brooks
    • Booker T. Douglas
    Tegan West
    • Mervyn Oliver
    Buck Herron
    • Pvt. Porter
    Bob Hannah
    Bob Hannah
    • Col. Richard Holmby
    Mert Hatfield
    • Police Chief
    Hugh Jarrett
    • Oster
    Denise Mickelbury
    • Eleanor Clark
    Wallace Wilkinson
    Wallace Wilkinson
    • Ezra Cooper
    Charles Kahlenberg
    • Businessman #1
      • John Korty
      • Walter Halsey Davis
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    • Quotes

      [repeated lines]

      Maj. Kendall Laird: Why didn't you followed him?

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      Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

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    7/10
    Good Story
    Good storyline, but I for one am very tired of how Hollywood portrays the South for their own gain.
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    • May 11, 2019

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    • Release date
      • April 27, 1986 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Covington, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
      • Marian Rees Associates
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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