Decoration Day (1990)

Director: Robert Markowitz

A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.

Cast

James Garner

Albert Sidney Finch

Judith Ivey

Terry Novis

Ruby Dee

Rowena

Bill Cobbs

Gee Pennywell

Laurence Fishburne

Michael Waring, DOD Man

Jo Anderson

Loreen Wendell

Norm Skaggs

Billy Wendell

Wallace Wilkinson

Judge Wesley

Jonathan Peck

Young Gee

Ric Reitz

Young Albert