Decoration Day

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Decoration Day ★★★ 1990 (PG)

Garner plays reclusive retired Southern judge Albert Sidney Finch who aids an angry black childhood friend, Gee (Cobbs), who has refused to accept his long-overdue Medal of Honor. Investigating the past leads to a decades-old mystery and a tragic secret that has repercussions for everyone involved. Based on the novel by John William Corrington. A Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation. 99m/C VHS, DVD . James Garner, Bill Cobbs, Judith Ivey, Ruby Dee, Laurence Fishburne, Jo Anderson; D: Robert Mar-kowitz; W: Robert W. Lenski. TV

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