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Sacred Ground

1983 • 1h40m Drama, Western

Rating

6.0/10

Popularity

5

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

Details

Director

Charles B. Pierce

Screenplay

Charles B. Pierce

Cast

Tim McIntire

Jack Elam

L.Q. Jones

Release date

3/11/1983

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

5