Wayward Son
Wayward Son
Release: 1999-09-20
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 3.0
Drama
Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Jesse Banks Rhodes (Harry Connick, Jr.) is suddenly and inexplicably released from jail after serving part of a life sentence on a trumped up charge for murder. He heads back for Georgia to reclaim his life and finds himself staying with farmer Ben Alexander (Pete Postlethwaite). Initially, Ben's family is mistrustful of the ex-con, but slowly they begin to warm to him, particularly Ben's fragile daughter Wesley (Patricia Clarkson). After witnessing the murder of a black worker at the hands of his drunken white racist boss, Jesse vows to make things right.
Cast
Harry Connick Jr.
as Jesse Banks Rhodes
Pete Postlethwaite
as Ben Alexander
Patricia Clarkson
as Wesley
Vinessa Shaw
as Cordelia
Walton Goggins
as Plantation Owner
Afemo Omilami
as Horace
John Bennes
as Lawyer
Matthew Brady
as Inmate 1
David de Vries
Michael Gaston
as Edgar
Frank Roberts
as Sheriff Pitts
Laura Sametz
as Mrs. Blessing
Ron Clinton Smith
as Vernon
Haviland Stillwell
as Lila
Tim Ware
as Foreman
Earl Maddox
as Convict
Kinsey McLean
as Picnicker
