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Blessed Assurance

1997

120 minutes

DramaTV Movie

Overview

Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his old flame Leslie, gets a job as an insurance salesman and begins to heal from the emotional damage caused by the war. But Jerry faces a serious moral dilemma when the job he depends on for his livelihood leads him to take advantage of an elderly African-American woman and the members of her community.

Top Cast

Grant Show headshot

Grant Show

Jerry Shand

Cicely Tyson headshot

Cicely Tyson

Vesta Lotte Battle

Lori Loughlin headshot

Lori Loughlin

Leslie

George Wendt headshot

George Wendt

Sam

Cari Shayne headshot

Cari Shayne

Claire Gundry

Rebecca Koon headshot

Rebecca Koon

Zella Shand

Bob King headshot

Bob King

Juel Shand

Allan Gurganus headshot

Allan Gurganus

Professor Title

Stephen Michael Ayers headshot

Stephen Michael Ayers

Don Cahoun

Helen Alexander headshot

Helen Alexander

White Woman in Church

Shannon Eubanks headshot

Shannon Eubanks

Mrs. Grundy

Tommy Cresswell headshot

Tommy Cresswell

Mr. Grundy

Louise Stratten headshot

Louise Stratten

Sandy

Robby Preddy headshot

Robby Preddy

Randa Orvilson

Michael Flannery headshot

Michael Flannery

Cecil

Georgia Allen headshot

Georgia Allen

Mary Irene Tatum

John Lawhorn headshot

John Lawhorn

Easton Peel

David Dwyer headshot

David Dwyer

Man in Mill Town

Kate Finlayson headshot

Kate Finlayson

Woman in Mill Town

Bart Hansard headshot

Bart Hansard

Buddy

Judy Simpson headshot

Judy Simpson

Registrar

Brinley McClary headshot

Brinley McClary

Minna

Antonia Bogdanovich headshot

Antonia Bogdanovich

Verla

Lynn Llewelyn headshot

Lynn Llewelyn

Young Mother

Deborah Duke headshot

Deborah Duke

Black Woman in Church

Michelle Benjamin Cooper headshot

Michelle Benjamin Cooper

Cassandra