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Sacred Ground (1983)

Directed by Charles B. Pierce

Overview

SACRED GROUND tells the fact-based story of a mountain man and his Indian wife who happen upon a partially built cabin and finish it for their own home, not realizing that they occupy a sacred burial ground. A Paiute burial party clashes with the couple and in the ensuing skirmish, the wife is critically wounded while in the middle of childbirth. Bitter over her loss and needing a wetnurse for his baby, he steals one of the Paiute woman who had just lost a baby. In this modern version of Helen of Troy, the battle is on, as he takes on the whole band in a desperate attempt to survive. Written by Dale Roloff

Rated PG | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Tim McIntire | Jack Elam | L.Q. Jones | Ty Randolph | Eloy Casados | Serene Hedin | Vernon Foster | Lefty Wild Eagle | Larry Kenoras | Franklin Fritz | Danny Wilson | Leslie Anderson | Arnold Gallagher | Fernando Herrera