Child Bride of Short Creek

Child Bride of Short Creek

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 7, 1981

A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion against his father when he learns that the latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl with whom his son is romantically involved.

Child Bride of Short Creek

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 7, 1981

Child Bride of Short Creek
A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion against his father when he learns that the latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl with whom his son is romantically involved.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Schiller-Monash Productions
Original title Child Bride of Short Creek
Directors Robert Michael Lewis
Writers Michael Fessier Jr., Joyce Eliason

Cast

Christopher Atkins

as Isaac King

Diane Lane

as Jessica Rae Jacobs

Conrad Bain

as Frank King

Kiel Martin

as Bob Kalish

Helen Hunt

as Naomi

Warren Vanders

as Jay Jacobs

Joan Shawlee

as Isaac's Mother

Dee Wallace

as Mary Jacobs

Babetta Dick

as Judy

Melinda Almquist

as Viola

Julianne Slocum

as Rachel

C. Duane Tuft

as Larry

Robert E. Hartenberger

as Atty. Gen. Ross

Alan Nash

as Sheriff Beal

Jay Bernard

as Judge Sears

Karyn Christensen

as Ada King

Sharyn Christensen

as Alma King

Rick Millikan

as Boyd Paul

Michael Lang

as Ronnie King

Heidi Bohay

as Lola

Jacob Johnston

as Barth

Scott S. Anderson

as Town Boy

Robert Summerfrucht

as Brethren #1

Paolo Baiardi

as Brethren #2

Stacey O'Brien

as Church Singer (uncredited)