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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Where to Watch. Grant Show plays a former GI who finds work collecting funeral-insurance payments from poor blacks in the 1950s South. Lori Loughlin, Cicely Tyson. Sam: George Wendt.

    • Peter Bogdanovich
  4. Brief Synopsis. Read More. 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.

    • Peter Bogdanovich
    • Grant Show
  5. 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...

  6. 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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  8. 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.

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