Silent Tongue

Silent Tongue

102 mins | Drama, Horror, Western | Jan. 28, 1993

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.

Silent Tongue

102 mins | Drama, Horror, Western | Jan. 28, 1993

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.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Canal+, Mire, Belbo Films
Original title Silent Tongue
Directors Barbara Tuss, Sam Shepard
Writers Sam Shepard

Cast

Alan Bates

as Eamon McCree

Richard Harris

as Prescott Roe

River Phoenix

as Talbot Roe

Dermot Mulroney

as Reeves McCree

Tantoo Cardinal

as Silent Tongue

Bill Irwin

as Comic

Sheila Tousey

as Awbonnie / Ghost

Jeri Arredondo

as Velada McCree

David Shiner

as Straight man

Jill Momaday

as Prostitute