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Plot. Vesta Lotte Battle is a spinster who fixes broken china. She befriends Jerry Hill (Grant Show), a young white man who has returned from the Korean War. He works for a ruthless businessman (George Wendt) who persuades him to exploit poor blacks by selling them funeral insurance.
A young man returns to his small Southern home town as a celebrity after appearing on the cover of "Life" with Marilyn Monroe. He finds he must choose between the girlfriend he left behind and the daughter of a wealthy mill owner. With the help of an unlikely friend, he discovers the value of...
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Grant Show
Aug 17, 1997 · The Price of Heaven: Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. With Grant Show, Cicely Tyson, Lori Loughlin, George Wendt. A man is greeted as a war hero in his hometown due to a photo from Korea of Marilyn Monroe and him in LIFE magazine. He ends collecting insurance payments - basically conning poor people. He befriends a cute rich girl and a poor old ...
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- Drama
- Peter Bogdanovich
- 1997-08-17
The Price of Heaven. 1997. 2 hr 0 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Grant Show plays a former GI who finds work collecting funeral-insurance payments from poor blacks in the 1950s South. Lori...
Filmed on location in South Carolina, The Price of Heaven represents one of the forays into the realm of made-for-TV movies by celebrated director Peter Bogdanovich. The story takes place in the early 1950s, as Korean war hero Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns to his Southern hometown.
- Peter Bogdanovich
The Price of Heaven (also known as "Blessed Assurance") is a 1997 American television drama film directed by Peter Bogandovich which aired on August 17, 1997 on the CBS network. It is adapted from Allan Gurganus's novella, "Blessed Assurance: A Moral Tale" from the book, "White People." Jerry...
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Lori Loughlin Cast. George Wendt Cast. Joyce Eliason Screenplay. Allan Gurganus Screenplay, Cast. Rohn Schmidt Cinematography. Critics reviews. A man is greeted as a war hero in his hometown due to a photo from Korea of Marilyn Monroe and him in LIFE magazine. He ends collecting insurance payments – basically conning poor people.
