Resting Place (1986)
Military honors knows no color
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
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John LithgowMaj. Kendall Laird
Morgan FreemanLuther Johnson
CCH PounderAda Johnson
Frances SternhagenEudora McCallister
Richard BrooksBooker T. Douglas
Richard BradfordGen. Willard P. Hauer
G.D. SpradlinSam Jennings
M. Emmet WalshSarge
John PhilbinBradford Erskine
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What is Resting Place about?
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
How long is Resting Place?
Resting Place has a runtime of 100 minutes.