A Stranger in the Kingdom Movie Review 1998

Walt Andrews (Hudson) has been hired sight unseen to be the new minister in a small Vermont community in the '50s. The unseen part is a problem since the townspeople are shocked when Walt turns out to be black. Then Walt gets arrested for the murder of a young housekeeper, Claire (Bayne), whom he was sheltering from her abusive employer and the town seems determined to make him the scapegoat. Based on a Howard Frank Mosher novel.

Distribution

A-PIX Entertainment Inc., 200 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., New York, NY 10016, Phone: (206)284-4700, Fax: (206)286-4433

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Order in the Court, Religion, Period Piece: 1950s, Law & Lawyers, The Wrong Man, African America

Screenplay

Jay Craven, Don Bredos

Cast

Ernie Hudson, David Lansbury, Jean (Louisa) Kelly, Martin Sheen, Sean Nelson, Jordan Bayne, Bill Raymond, Henry Gibson, Larry Pine, Tom Aldredge, Carrie Snodgress

Cinematography

Philip Holahan

Director

Jay Craven