The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 65 1990s western movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't bury her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with Roe.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Sam ShepardDirector
- Sam ShepardWriter
- Patrick O'HearnOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan BatesEamon McCree
- Richard HarrisPrescott Roe
- River PhoenixTalbot Roe
- Dermot MulroneyReeves McCree
- Tantoo CardinalSilent Tongue
- Bill IrwinComic
- Sheila TouseyAwbonnie / Ghost
- Jeri ArredondoVelada McCree
- David ShinerStraight man
- Jill MomadayProstitute
Stills
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Themes
wifetreenative americansistergriefcorpse