Summary A man who acts upon his conscience opens a Pandora's box of racism and intolerance. Temple Rayburn (James Woods) is an attorney who lives and works in a small Southern community in the 1940s. When Rayburn and his wife Celia (Elizabeth McGovern) encounter a young man named Ben Tyler (Charles Mattocks)--a mentally-challenged African-American youth with nowhere to go--they take pity on him and let him stay in their home. However, in a time and place when black and white citizens were not allowed to use the same drinking fountain, Temple's decision raises more than a few eyebrows, and the Rayburn household soon becomes the center of a local political firestorm. View more details
Directed : Arthur Allan Seidelman
Written : Robert Inman
Stars : James Woods Julia McIlvaine Len Cariou Elizabeth McGovern
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Dec 14, 1996
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : 101 N. Cowan St., Burgaw, North Carolina, USA
Production companies : Hallmark Entertainment Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Summary A man who acts upon his conscience opens a Pandora's box of racism and intolerance. Temple Rayburn (James Woods) is an attorney who lives and works in a small Southern community in the 1940s. When Rayburn and his wife Celia (Elizabeth McGovern) encounter a young man named Ben Tyler (Charles Mattocks)--a mentally-challenged African-American youth with nowhere to go--they take pity on him and let him stay in their home. However, in a time and place when black and white citizens were not allowed to use the same drinking fountain, Temple's decision raises more than a few eyebrows, and the Rayburn household soon becomes the center of a local political firestorm. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Dec 14, 1996
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : 101 N. Cowan St., Burgaw, North Carolina, USA
Production companies : Hallmark Entertainment Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
