The Summer of Ben Tyler

6.8 1996 110 min
Drama

Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying black housekeeper, a white family takes in her teenage mentally-slow…

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Director
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer
Robert Inman

Cast

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James Woods Temple Rayburn
Elizabeth McGovern Celia Rayburn
Len Cariou Spencer Maitland
Julia McIlvaine Nell Rayburn
Kevin Isola Junius Maitland
Clifton James Chief Sam Thompkins
Novella Nelson Rosetta Tyler
Anita Gillette Suellen
Ronn Carroll Judge Kragen
Ed Grady Dr. Ringgold
Judith Ivey Narrator (voice)

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