''Convicts'' is a 1991 film directed by Peter Masterson. It stars

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and Lukas Haas. It is based on the

Horton Foote Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for the 1962 film ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name ...

play The Orphan's Home.

Summary

A boy works with convicts on the sugarcane plantation of a senile Civil War veteran in 1902 Texas.

Cast

as Soll Gautier * Lukas Haas as Horace Robedaux *

James Earl Jones James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor. He has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances in film, television, and theater, and "one of the greatest actors in America ...

as Ben Johnson * Starletta DuPois as Martha Johnson *

Carlin Glynn Carlin Glynn (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer and retired actress. She is the mother of actress Mary Stuart Masterson. Life and career Glynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston, Texas ...

as Asa

References

External links

* * 1991 films Films directed by Peter Masterson Films set in 1902 Films set in Texas Films with screenplays by Horton Foote 1991 drama films 1990s English-language films {{1990s-drama-film-stub