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
Jane Curtin
as Alice McGoff
CCH Pounder
as Rachel Twymon
Erika Alexander
as Cassandra Twymon
Sean McCann
as Frank Power
James Farentino
as Mayor Kevin White
Richard Thomas
as Colin Diver
Lorraine Toussaint
as Alva Debnam
Kathleen Doyle
as Kathleen
Daniel O'Shea
as Danny McGoff, Sr.
Robert Gossett
as Arnold Walker
Hattie Winston
as Daisy Voight
Frankie Faison
as Otis Debnam
Louis Ferreira
as Billy McGoff
Lawrence Dane
as Bob Murphy
Beeson Carroll
as Healy
Mike Starr
as Terry Cattson
James McDaniel
as Steve Grace
Samuel L. Jackson
as Rev. Bob McClair
Gerard Parkes
as Father Foley
Ken Pogue
as Father Buckley
Bernard Behrens
as James St. Clair
Nicolas Van Burek
as Kevin McGoff
Donal Logue
as Danny McGoff, Jr.
