Decoration Day (1990)
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
- Date of release
- 1990-12-02
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Director
- Robert Markowitz
Casting
- James Garner — Albert Sidney Finch
- Judith Ivey — Terry Novis
- Ruby Dee — Rowena
- Bill Cobbs — Gee Pennywell
- Laurence Fishburne — Michael Waring, DOD Man
- Jo Anderson — Loreen Wendell
- Norm Skaggs — Billy Wendell
- Wallace Wilkinson — Judge Wesley
- Jonathan Peck — Young Gee
- Ric Reitz — Young Albert
- Jeff Young Lewis — Imposter Lieutenant
- Dwionne Dickerson — Fritzie
Interesting facts
Decoration Day is an American drama television film that premiered on NBC on December 2, 1990, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. It is directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Robert W. Lenski, based on the novella of the same name by John William Corrington. The film stars James Garner, Judith Ivey, Bill Cobbs, Ruby Dee, and Laurence Fishburne. It follows Albert Sidney Finch, a retired Georgia judge deciding to help his boyhood friend, a black World War II veteran from whom Finch has been estranged for 30 years.
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