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Blessed Assurance

Blessed Assurance

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 17, 1997

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

Original Title

Blessed Assurance

Production Companies

Frank Konigsberg Productions

Director

Peter Bogdanovich

Description

Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his old flame Leslie, gets a job as an insurance salesman and begins to heal from the emotional damage caused by the war. But Jerry faces a serious moral dilemma when the job he depends on for his livelihood leads him to take advantage of an elderly African-American woman and the members of her community.