Blessed Assurance

Overview

Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his old flame Leslie, gets a job as an insurance salesman and begins to heal from the emotional damage caused by the war. But Jerry faces a serious moral dilemma when the job he depends on for his livelihood leads him to take advantage of an elderly African-American woman and the members of her community.

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

Top cast

Grant Show

Jerry Shand

Cicely Tyson

Vesta Lotte Battle

Lori Loughlin

Leslie

George Wendt

Sam

Cari Shayne

Claire Gundry

Rebecca Koon

Zella Shand

Bob King

Juel Shand

A

Allan Gurganus

Professor Title

Stephen Michael Ayers

Don Cahoun

H

Helen Alexander

White Woman in Church

Shannon Eubanks

Mrs. Grundy

Tommy Cresswell

Mr. Grundy

Louise Stratten

Sandy

R

Robby Preddy

Randa Orvilson

Michael Flannery

Cecil

G

Georgia Allen

Mary Irene Tatum

J

John Lawhorn

Easton Peel

D

David Dwyer

Man in Mill Town

K

Kate Finlayson

Woman in Mill Town

Bart Hansard

Buddy

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