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Hallmark Entertainment
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Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying black housekeeper, a white family takes in her teenage mentally-slow son. The movie details the joys and conflicts the family faces as a result of their decision.
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James Woods
Temple Rayburn
Elizabeth McGovern
Celia Rayburn
Len Cariou
Spencer Maitland
Julia McIlvaine
Nell Rayburn
Kevin Isola
Junius Maitland
Clifton James
Chief Sam Thompkins
Novella Nelson
Rosetta Tyler
Anita Gillette
Suellen
Ronn Carroll
Judge Kragen
Judith Ivey
Narrator (voice)
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Director
Lynn Kressel
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Van Dyke Parks
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