Overview
Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Jesse Banks Rhodes (Harry Connick, Jr.) is suddenly and inexplicably released from jail after serving part of a life sentence on a trumped up charge for murder. He heads back for Georgia to reclaim his life and finds himself staying with farmer Ben Alexander (Pete Postlethwaite). Initially, Ben's family is mistrustful of the ex-con, but slowly they begin to warm to him, particularly Ben's fragile daughter Wesley (Patricia Clarkson). After witnessing the murder of a black worker at the hands of his drunken white racist boss, Jesse vows to make things right.
Cast
Harry Connick Jr.
Jesse Banks Rhodes
Pete Postlethwaite
Ben Alexander
Patricia Clarkson
Wesley
Vinessa Shaw
Cordelia
Walton Goggins
Plantation Owner
Afemo Omilami
Horace
David Pickens
Warden
John Bennes
Lawyer
Matthew Brady
Inmate 1
Stacie Richards Dail
Young Crying Woman
David de Vries
Michael Gaston
Edgar
Rodney L. James
George
Chris Jenkins
Cephus
Michael Perry
Convict
Frank Roberts
Sheriff Pitts
Laura Sametz
Mrs. Blessing
Ron Clinton Smith
Vernon
Haviland Stillwell
Lila
Judson Vaughn
Station Manager
Tim Ware
Foreman
Earl Maddox
Convict
Kinsey McLean
Picnicker
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