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Sacred Ground

  • Director: Charles B. Pierce
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: Western
  • Movie Type: Revisionist Western
  • Themes: Culture Clash, Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance, Social Injustice
  • Main Cast: Tim McIntire
  • Release Year: 1983
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

One of the precious few westerns produced in the 1980s, Sacred Ground aspires to be a social statement. Tim McIntire plays a white settler who weds Indian woman Serene Hedlin. The couple is ostracized by the white and Indian community alike, and are forced to pull up stakes. En route to their new home, the pregnant Serene suddenly gives birth. Unfortunately, the couple's child is born on sacred burial ground, making their already precarious place in society all the more shaky. Sacred Ground represents the last film appearance of onetime Wagon Train regular Tim McIntire, the son of actors John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Eloy Casados - Prairie Fox; Jack Elam - Lum Witcher; Serene Hedin - Little Doe; Tim McIntire - Matt Colter; Ben Mitchell - Warrior; Ty Randolph - Wannetta; L.Q. Jones - Tolbert Coleman; Danny Wilson - Lone Brave

Credit

Charles B. Pierce - Director, David E. Jackson - Editor, Steve Johnson - Editor, Lynne Southerland - Editor, Gene Kauer - Composer (Music Score), Don Bagley - Composer (Music Score), Charles B. Pierce - Cinematographer, Arthur R. Dubs - Producer, Charles B. Pierce - Screenwriter

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Sacred Ground

Theatrical release poster.
Directed by Charles B. Pierce
Produced by Arthur R. Dubs
Written by Charles B. Pierce
Starring Tim McIntire
Jack Elam
Cinematography Charles B. Pierce
Distributed by Pacific International Enterprises
Release date(s) 1983
Running time 100 min.
Country USA
Language English

Sacred Ground is a 1983 western adventure film that stars Tim McIntire, Jack Elam and L.Q. Jones. The film was shot in several outdoor locations in Oregon. The film was directed by Charles B. Pierce and is rated PG in the USA.

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Plot

Matt Colter is a white settler who weds Little Doe, a pregnant Indian woman. Ostracized by the white and Indian community, they are forced to leave and find a new home. For shelter they rebuild a burnt cabin, that unbeknownst to them, is on sacred Paiute burial ground. The Paiutes attack the couple, destroy the cabin, kill Little Doe after she gives birth in the ruins, and kidnap the infant. Determined to find his son, Colter seeks the help of his friend, mountain man Lum Witcher.

Main cast

  • Tim McIntire ... Matt Colter
  • Jack Elam ... Lum Witcher
  • L.Q. Jones ... Tolbert Coleman
  • Mindi Miller ... Wannetta
  • Eloy Casados ... Prairie Fox
  • Serene Hedin ... Little Doe
  • Vernon Foster ... Wounded Leg
DVD cover of "Sacred Ground"

DVD details

  • Release date: January 1, 2003
  • Full Screen
  • Region: 1
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Audio tracks: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Running time: 100 minutes

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