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Resting Place

Drama about an army officer's struggle to secure the burial of a black Vietnam War hero in a traditionally all-white Georgia cemetery. Starring John Lithgow.

Emmy-nominated drama about an army officer, Major Kendall Laird, who is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a black Vietnam War hero, and to accompany his body home to the Deep South of the 1970s.

Laird's attempts to secure the soldier's burial in a traditionally all-white cemetery run into military bureaucracy, racial prejudice and apathy among the Georgia townsfolk.

1 hour, 35 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 May 2011 01:05

Credits

Role Contributor
Maj Kendall Laird John Lithgow
Gen Willard P Hauer Richard Bradford
Booker T Douglas Richard Brooks
Luther Johnson Morgan Freeman
Bradford Erskine John Philbin
Ada Johnson CCH Pounder
Sarge M Emmet Walsh

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