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.
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Cast
Joe Don Baker
Big Jim Folsom
Kathryn Erbe
Mrs. Folsom
Randy Hall
Mass. State Trooper
Steve Harris
Neal
Mel Jackson
Eddie
Franklin Dennis Jones
Jamison
Terry Kinney
Billy Watson
Ron Perkins
Nicholas Katzenbach
Rob Roy Fitzgerald
Alabama State Trooper #1
Mark Rolston
Ricky Brickle
Clarence Williams III
Archie
Tiffany Salerno
Velma
Gary Sinise
George C. Wallace
William Sanderson
T.Y. Odum
Miata Edoga
Demonstrator
Don Blakely
Loosh
Julian Forbes
Reporter
Francis Guinan
Klan Member #2
Cliff DeYoung
Dr. Jeff McKinney
Charles Bartlett
Demonstrator
Angelina Jolie
Cornelia Wallace
Tracy Fraim
Gerald Wallace
Mark Valley
Bobby Kennedy
Skipp Sudduth
Al Lingo
Chanel Ryan
Wallace Girl
Liam Sullivan
Reporter
Beau Billingslea
Demonstrator
Mare Winningham
Lurleen Wallace