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Wayward Son

3.0 96 mins Drama   1999
Avenue Pictures  
Director(s): Randall Harris

Release Date: 20 Mon, Sep 1999

Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Jesse Banks Rhodes (Harry Connick, Jr.) is suddenly and inexplicably released from jail after serving part of a life sentence on a trumped up charge for murder. He heads back for Georgia to reclaim his life and finds himself staying with farmer Ben Alexander (Pete Postlethwaite). Initially, Ben's family is mistrustful of the ex-con, but slowly they begin to warm to him, particularly Ben's fragile daughter Wesley (Patricia Clarkson). After witnessing the murder of a black worker at the hands of his drunken white racist boss, Jesse vows to make things right.

Casts of Wayward Son

Harry Connick Jr.

as Jesse Banks Rhodes

Pete Postlethwaite

as Ben Alexander

Patricia Clarkson

as Wesley

Vinessa Shaw

as Cordelia

Walton Goggins

as Plantation Owner

Afemo Omilami

as Horace

David Pickens

as Warden

John Bennes

as Lawyer

Matthew Brady

as Inmate 1

Stacie Richards Dail

as Young Crying Woman

Michael Gaston

as Edgar

Rodney L. James

as George

Chris Jenkins

as Cephus

Michael Perry

as Convict

Frank Roberts

as Sheriff Pitts

Laura Sametz

as Mrs. Blessing

Ron Clinton Smith

as Vernon

Judson Vaughn

as Station Manager

Tim Ware

as Foreman

Earl Maddox

as Convict

Kinsey McLean

as Picnicker

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