For Love of Olivia (2001)
- Director(s):
- Douglas Barr
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The scene is the small Missouri town of Silver Shade in the mid-'60s. Despite deeply ingrained prejudice, black lawyer Daniel Webster Stewart (Louis Gossett Jr.) has managed to achieve success, and is now on the verge of winning an important political race. Things take a startling turn when Stewart's friend Curtis Gallegher (Sterling Macer) is accused of killing the wife of Daniel's white political opponent, Horton Roundtree (Robert Urich). Fearing accusations of "conflict of interest," Stewart at first refuses to defend Curtis in court, but a hitherto unrevealed secret in the past of his own wife Olivia (Lonette McKee) forces him to change his mind. Meanwhile, someone in town is determined to prevent Daniel from taking up Curtis' defense -- and that someone is clearly willing to stop at nothing. A sequel to the 1997 TV movie To Dance With Olivia, which also starred Louis Gossett Jr. and Lonette McKee, For Love of Olivia was telecast by CBS on March 18, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Virginia Capers - Ida Mae Boudreau
- Louis Gossett, Jr. - Daniel Webster Stewart
- Lonette McKee - Olivia Stewart
- Douglas Turner Ward - Walter Reynolds
- Delores Mitchell - Louise Reynolds
- David Fox - Jack Martin
- Sterling Macer - Curtis Gallagher
- Robert Urich - Horton Roundtree
- Oren Williams - Henry
- David Gardner - Judge Finch
- Director(s):
- Douglas Barr
- Writer(s):
- H. Haden Yelin
- Producer(s):
- Patricia Finnegan
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