A Stranger in the Kingdom

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A Stranger in the Kingdom ★★ 1998 (R)

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. 111m/C VHS, DVD . Ernie Hudson, David Lansbury, Jean (Louisa) Kelly, Martin Sheen, Sean Nelson, Jordan Bayne, Bill Raymond, Henry Gibson, Larry Pine, Tom Aldredge, Carrie Snodgress; D: Jay Craven; W: Jay Craven, Don Bredes; C: Philip Holahan.

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