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Resting Place

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Resting Place

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.

Orignal Language

en

Duration

1 hr 40 min

Genre

Drama

Status

Released

Release Data

1986-04-27

Produced By

Marian Rees Associates, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

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