Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground

100 mins | Drama, Western | March 11, 1983

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

Sacred Ground

100 mins | Drama, Western | March 11, 1983

Sacred Ground
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
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Pacific International Enterprises, Wilderness Family Inc
Original title Sacred Ground
Directors Charles B. Pierce
Writers Charles B. Pierce

Cast

Tim McIntire

as Matt Colter

Jack Elam

as Lum Witcher

L.Q. Jones

as Tolbert Coleman

Ty Randolph

as Wannetta

Eloy Casados

as Prairie Fox

Serene Hedin

as Little Doe

Vernon Foster

as Wounded Leg

Lefty Wild Eagle

as Medicine Man

Larry Kenoras

as Brave Beaver

Franklin Fritz

as Baby Colter

Danny Wilson

as Lone Brave

Leslie Anderson

as Warrior

Arnold Gallagher

as Warrior

Fernando Herrera

as Warrior