Directed by:
Dick LowryScreenplay:
H. Haden YelinCinematography:
Steven FierbergComposer:
Stanley ClarkeCast:
Ving Rhames, Gloria Reuben, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Patty Duke, Ellis Williams, Octavia Spencer, Jack McGee, Geraldine Hughes, Peter Van Norden, Marc McClure (more)Plots(1)
Family Court judge, Natalie Britain (Gloria Reuben) searches for the truth and makes life-altering decisions affecting hundreds of children and their families. But Natalie has her own secret - a child that the then unmarried Natalie thought she had given up for adoption. Instead, Little John (Robert Bailey Jr.) was lovingly raised on a Texas farm by Natalie's father, John (Ving Rhames). With failing health, John tries to bring his estranged daughter and grandson together. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ving Rhames](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/097/164097534_213876.jpg)
Ving Rhames
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
![Gloria Reuben](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/337/160337190_352267.jpg)
Gloria Reuben
Canada
Best movies:
The Longest Ride (2015)
Life Support (2007)
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015) (TV movie)
![Ruben Santiago-Hudson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271135_5ec686.jpg)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Coming to America (1988)
![Patty Duke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384727_89b96a.jpg)
Patty Duke
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV movie)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Ellis Williams
USA
Best movies:
Jackie Brown (1997)
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
Ali (2001)
![Octavia Spencer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/960/163960555_6d7356.jpg)
Octavia Spencer
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
Zootopia (2016)
Coach Carter (2005)
![Jack McGee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/756/162756544_c097ff.png)
Jack McGee
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Crash (2004)
The Doors (1991)
Geraldine Hughes
UK
Best movies:
Gran Torino (2008)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
The Book of Henry (2017)
Peter Van Norden
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
The Accused (1988)
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
![Marc McClure](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111785_15b2c2.jpg)
Marc McClure
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Apollo 13 (1995)
![Robert Bailey Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789776_f9324e.jpg)
Robert Bailey Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Coraline (2009)
To Save a Life (2009)
Dragonfly (2002)
![Adrian Sparks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/272/160272317_e9ff78.jpg)
Adrian Sparks
UK
Best movies:
Brimstone (2016)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)
Alyssa Gainer
USA
Best movies:
Cast Away (2000)
The Shipping News (2001)
Little John (2002) (TV movie)
Dex Elliott Sanders
Best movies:
Strange Days (1995)
Last Action Hero (1993)
M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994) (TV movie)
![Henry G. Sanders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/584/161584261_6a47a7.jpg)
Henry G. Sanders
USA
Best movies:
Whiplash (2014)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
42 (2013)
Susan Merson
USA
Best movies:
Tootsie (1982)
Phenomenon (1996)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
Adilah Barnes
Best movies:
Basic Instinct (1992)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Dianna Miranda
USA
Best movies:
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Empire Records (1995)
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
Bruce Nozick
Best movies:
Amish Grace (2010) (TV movie)
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TV movie)
God Bless America (2011)
Wayne Thomas Yorke
Canada
Best movies:
The Rat Pack (1998) (TV movie)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Drake & Josh (2004) (series)