Poster for the movie Resting Place

Resting Place

1986 • 100 minutes
Drama

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.

Picture of John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Maj. Kendall Laird

Picture of Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Luther Johnson

Picture of CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Ada Johnson

Picture of Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen

Eudora McCallister

Picture of Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks

Booker T. Douglas

Picture of Richard Bradford

Richard Bradford

Gen. Willard P. Hauer

Picture of G. D. Spradlin

G. D. Spradlin

Sam Jennings

Picture of M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Sarge

Picture of John Philbin

John Philbin

Bradford Erskine

Picture of Brian Tarantina

Brian Tarantina

Sp4 Beyer