George Wallace
Some wanted him president. Others wanted him stopped.
George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer, who won an Emmy award for it; Sinise and Mare Winningham also won Emmies for their performances. The film was based on the 1996 biography Wallace : The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace by Marshall Frady, who also co-wrote the teleplay. Frankenheimer's film was highly praised by critics: in addition to the Emmy awards, it received the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries/Motion Picture made for TV. Angelina Jolie also received a Golden Globe for her performance as Wallace's second wife, Cornelia.
Trailer
Cast
Don Blakely
Loosh
Terry Kinney
Billy Watson
William Sanderson
T.Y. Odum
Chanel Ryan
Wallace Girl
Beau Billingslea
Demonstrator
Angelina Jolie
Cornelia Wallace
Skipp Sudduth
Al Lingo
Mark Valley
Bobby Kennedy
Ron Perkins
Nicholas Katzenbach
Steve Harris
Neal
Liam Sullivan
Reporter
Rob Roy Fitzgerald
Alabama State Trooper #1
Mark Rolston
Ricky Brickle
Kathryn Erbe
Mrs. Folsom
Randy Hall
Mass. State Trooper
Tiffany Salerno
Velma
Charles Bartlett
Demonstrator
Francis Guinan
Klan Member #2
Franklin Dennis Jones
Jamison
Cliff DeYoung
Dr. Jeff McKinney
Clarence Williams III
Archie
Gary Sinise
George C. Wallace
Mare Winningham
Lurleen Wallace
Tracy Fraim
Gerald Wallace
Mel Jackson
Eddie
Joe Don Baker
Big Jim Folsom
Miata Edoga
Demonstrator
Julian Forbes
Reporter