Silent Tongue

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.

• Sam ShepardDirector
• Sam ShepardWriter
• Patrick O'HearnOriginal Music Composer

• 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