Movie · 1993
Sommersby
“She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.”
Released 5 February 1993 109 min Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Romance More from 1993 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
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How old were they?
Clarice Taylor
as Esther
Richard Hamilton
as Doc Evans
William Windom
as Reverend Powell
James Earl Jones
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Karen Kirschenbauer
as Mrs. Evans
Lanny Flaherty
as Buck
Wendell Wellman
as Travis
R. Lee Ermey
as Dick Mead
Muse Watson
as Drifter #1
Richard Gere
as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Frankie Faison
as Joseph
Bill Pullman
as Orin Meecham
Jodie Foster
as Laurel Sommersby
Brett Kelley
as Little Rob
Carter McNeese
as Storekeeper Wilson
Dean Whitworth
as Tom Clemmons
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The numbers
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
75Clarice Taylor — oldest on the call sheet
30Jodie Foster — youngest billed
52average age of the credited cast