A Special Friendship (1987)
TV Movie · Drama
Overview
During the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery.
Cast
- Tracy Pollan as Elizabeth Van Lew
- Akosua Busia as Mary Bowser
- Tom Aldredge as Jefferson Davis
- Richard Brooks as Matt Bowser
- LeVar Burton as Ben Sumner
- Josef Sommer as General Winder
- Cynthia Harris as Mrs. Van Lew
- Patricia Elliott as Mrs, Davis
- Adam Storke as Tom Gadsden