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* FakeIdentityBaggage: Horace Townsend impersonates Jack Sommersby, but then it turns out the real Sommersby committed a murder before he died, and [[spoiler:the man who has taken his identity will hang for it]].
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''Sommersby'' is a 1993 film directed by Creator/JonAmiel, starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/JodieFoster and Creator/BillPullman. It is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of the French film ''Film/TheReturnOfMartinGuerre'' (1982), which was based on a true story. The original story was set in 16th-century France. In ''Sommersby'', it is [[SettingUpdate transposed]] in Tennessee shortly after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.

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''Sommersby'' is a 1993 period drama film directed by Creator/JonAmiel, starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/JodieFoster and Creator/BillPullman. It is a an [[ForeignRemake American remake]] of the French film ''Film/TheReturnOfMartinGuerre'' (1982), which was based on a true story. The original story was set in 16th-century France. In ''Sommersby'', it is [[SettingUpdate transposed]] in to Tennessee shortly after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.

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