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Resting Place (1986) is an American TV movie directed by John Korty. In 1972, Major Kendall Laird is tasked with providing assistance to the families of fallen soldiers. He is currently accompanying the remains of Army Lieutenant Dwight Johnson to his hometown of Rockville, Georgia. Despite initially expecting a short and uneventful assignment, Major Laird soon realizes that he has a seemingly impossible task ahead of him. The small town is deeply segregated and its authorities refuse to allow the deceased to be buried in the local cemetery designated solely for caucasians. This poses a significant challenge for Major ...

Jud Taylor directed License to Kill (1984), a television film. The Peterson family is devastated when their daughter Lynne is killed by a drunk driver on the day of her high school graduation and safe driving award ceremony. John becomes fixated on seeking justice for his daughter’s death at the hands of Tom Fiske, an unremorseful businessman responsible for the accident. Despite Fiske hiring a clever defense lawyer who repeatedly delays the trial and successfully suppresses evidence of his intoxication, prosecutor Martin Sawyer persists in proving Fiske’s guilt by presenting his bar bill from the day of the ...