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.
as Jesse Banks Rhodes
as Ben Alexander
as Wesley
as Cordelia
as Plantation Owner
as Horace
as Warden
as Lawyer
as Inmate 1
as Young Crying Woman
as Edgar
as George
as Cephus
as Convict
as Sheriff Pitts
as Mrs. Blessing
as Vernon
as Lila
as Station Manager
as Foreman
as Convict
as Picnicker
