6.3 Score

1993 • 1h 49min • PG-13 • Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Romance

Sommersby

"She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth."

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.

IMDb 6.3

RT 62%

MC 66

Director

Jon Amiel

Writers

Sarah Kernochan

Nicholas Meyer

Composer

Danny Elfman

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Jodie Foster

Laurel Sommersby

Richard Gere

John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Bill Pullman

Orin Meecham

James Earl Jones

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Lanny Flaherty

Buck

William Windom

Reverend Powell

Wendell Wellman

Travis

Brett Kelley

Little Rob

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