Beyond the Call 1996  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Bill
Cast: Sissy Spacek, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Janet Wright, Lindsay Murrell, Leslie Carlson, Ken James, Christina Collins, Andrew Sardella, Wayne Downer, Rufus Crawford, Diane D'Aquila
Pam (Sissy Spacek) reads her Connecticut newspaper and discovers that her high-school boyfriend, Russell (David Strathairn), is on death row for killing a policeman. Despite husband Keith's (Arliss Howard) objections, Pam makes many visits to Russell's South Carolina jail. While searching for a legal avenue that will lead to his freedom, Pam learns that Russell suffers from post-traumatic shock syndrome after fighting in the Vietnam War. An appeal is made, and it fails. As the execution date nears, tensions mount in the relationship of Pam and Keith.
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Summer's End 1998 TV, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Helen Shaver
Cast: James Earl Jones, Brendan Fletcher, Jake LeDoux, Wendy Crewson, Jonathan Kroeker, Andrew Sardella, Al Waxman, Randy Hughson, R.D. Reid, Sarah Francis
A recently widowed mother takes her two boys to their cottage on the lake to help overcome their loss. They meet a retired African American doctor (James Earl Jones), and though he becomes friends with the boys, racial hatred gets in the way. Made for TV.
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