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Top billed cast

Gary SiniseGeorge C. Wallace
Mare WinninghamLurleen Wallace
Joe Don BakerBig Jim Folsom
Angelina JolieCornelia Wallace
Terry KinneyBilly Watson
William SandersonT.Y. Odum
Mark RolstonRicky Brickle
Tracy FraimGerald Wallace
Skipp SudduthAl Lingo
Ron PerkinsNicholas Katzenbach

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