Common Ground
Common Ground
Release: 1990-03-25
·Runtime: 185m
·★ 10.0
Drama
TV Movie
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
Production Countries
Canada
United States of America
Production Companies
Lorimar Productions
Cast
Bernard Behrens
as James St. Clair
Mike Starr
as Terry Cattson
Richard Thomas
as Colin Diver
Frankie Faison
as Otis Debnam
Beeson Carroll
as Healy
Jane Curtin
as Alice McGoff
CCH Pounder
as Rachel Twymon
Sean McCann
as Frank Power
Kathleen Doyle
as Kathleen
Hattie Winston
as Daisy Voight
James McDaniel
as Steve Grace
James Farentino
as Mayor Kevin White
Lorraine Toussaint
as Alva Debnam
Robert Gossett
as Arnold Walker
Lawrence Dane
as Bob Murphy
Gerard Parkes
as Father Foley
Nicolas Van Burek
as Kevin McGoff
Donal Logue
as Danny McGoff, Jr.
Daniel O'Shea
as Danny McGoff, Sr.
Ken Pogue
as Father Buckley
Erika Alexander
as Cassandra Twymon
Louis Ferreira
as Billy McGoff
Samuel L. Jackson
as Rev. Bob McClair
