A Special Friendship (1987)

1h 35m IMDb
Drama
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During the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery.

A Special Friendship

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Tracy Pollan
Tracy Pollan as Elizabeth Van Lew Age 66 · Long Island, New York, USA Tracy Jo Pollan (born June 22, 1960) is an American actress and author. She is known for playing Ellen Reed on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1985–1987) and Harper Anderson on the crime drama series Law...
Akosua Busia
Akosua Busia as Mary Bowser Age 59 · Ghana Akosua Busia was born on December 30, 1966 in Accra, Ghana. She is an actress and director, known for The Color Purple (1985), Tears of the Sun (2003) and Low Blow (1986). She was previously married t...
Tom Aldredge
Tom Aldredge as Jefferson Davis Died 2011 · Dayton, Ohio, USA Thomas Ernest Aldredge (February 28, 1928 – July 22, 2011) was an American television, film and stage actor. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for playing the role of Shakespeare in Henry Winkler Meets Wil...
Richard Brooks
Richard Brooks as Matt Bowser Died 1992 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, director, novelist and occasional producer. His outstanding works as director are Blackboard Jungle (1955); Cat on a Hot Ti...
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton as Ben Sumner Age 69 · Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in...
Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer as General Winder Age 92 · Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Maximilian Josef Sommer (born June 26, 1934) is a German-American retired stage, television, and film actor. His best known roles are as The President in X-Men: The Last Stand, Senator Jessup in The S...
Director Fielder Cook
Cast Tracy Pollan, Akosua Busia, Tom Aldredge, Richard Brooks, LeVar Burton, Josef Sommer, Cynthia Harris, Patricia Elliott, Adam Storke