"Some wanted him president. Others wanted him stopped."
George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer, who won an Emmy award for it; Sinise and Mare Winningham also won Emmies for their performances. The film was based on the 1996 biography Wallace : The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace by Marshall Frady, who also co-wrote the teleplay. Frankenheimer's film was highly praised by critics: in addition to the Emmy awards, it received the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries/Motion Picture made for TV. Angelina Jolie also received a Golden Globe for her performance as Wallace's second wife, Cornelia.
George C. Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Big Jim Folsom
Cornelia Wallace
Billy Watson
T.Y. Odum
Ricky Brickle
Gerald Wallace
Al Lingo
Nicholas Katzenbach
Bobby Kennedy
Alabama State Trooper #1
Archie
Demonstrator
Demonstrator
Convention Speaker
Arthur Bremer
Girl at Party
Demonstrator
Demonstrator
Mrs. Folsom
Reporter
Klan Member #2
Mass. State Trooper
Doctor (Maryland)
Neal
Cornelia’s Trooper #1
Reporter
Guitarist
Demonstrator
Eddie
General Graham
Jamison
Man in Church
Demonstrator
James Hood
Klan Member #1
Wallace Girl
TV Commentator
Vivian Malone
Cornelia’s Trooper #2
Choir Leader
Cornelia as Child
Wallace Girl
Velma
Demonstrator
Reporter
Loosh
Dr. Jeff McKinney
Demonstrator