| Richard Gere | John Robert ''Jack'' Sommersby |
| Jodie Foster | Laurel Sommersby |
| Bill Pullman | Orin Meecham |
| James Earl Jones | Judge Barry Conrad Issacs |
| William Windom | Reverend Powell |
| Brett Kelley | Little Rob |
| Richard Hamilton | Doc Evans |
| Maury Chaykin | Lawyer Dawson |
| Lanny Flaherty | Buck |
| Frankie Faison | Joseph |
| Wendell Wellman | Travis |
| Clarice Taylor | Esther |
| R. Lee Ermey | Dick Mead |
| Karen Kirschenbauer | Mrs. Evans |
| Carter McNeese | Storekeeper Wilson |
| Dean Whitworth | Tom Clemmons |
| Stan Kelly | John Green |
| Stephanie Weaver | Mrs. Bundy |
| Stuart Fallen | Court Bailiff |
| Richard Lineback | Timothy Fry |
| Joe Basham | Witness |
A man returns to his home town after a lengthy absence spent fighting in the US Civil War. Although his apparent character transformation arouses his wife's and others' suspicions, everyone is delighted when his tobacco-growing scheme is profitable for the whole town. Just as he is settling into an idyllic routine with his family, he is accused of the murder of a man killed many years before.
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