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Director:
P.J. Pesce
Writers:
P.J. Pesce (writer) &
Tom Abrams (writer)
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Release Date:
1995 (Finland) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
Travellers. Partners. Lovers. Robbers. more
Plot:
After years of suffering under her beating husband, Sarah decides to no longer take any humiliation or battery - and kills him... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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Cast

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Sam Elliott ... Marshall Bill Speakes

Craig Sheffer ... Jack Cooper

Linda Fiorentino ... Sarah O'Rourke
Frank Whaley ... Walter Cooper
John Furlong ... Zeb Hollister
Robin Westphal ... Mamie Hollister
Boots Southerland ... Scar Face Leader
Joey Hamlin ... Laughing Boy Killer

Daniel O'Haco ... Happy (as Danny O'Haco)

Bradley Whitford ... Tommy Donnelly
Jill Scott Momaday ... Janie
R.L. Tolbert ... Lean Poker Player
P.J. Pesce ... Scared Mustachioed Cowboy
Rockne Tarkington ... Packo
Michael Huddleston ... Clyde
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Runtime:
USA:93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (as Dolby Surround)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | USA:R (MPAA No.33277) | Australia:MA
Filming Locations:
Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA more
Company:
Turner Home Entertainment more

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13 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A Most underrated Westen, 22 February 2000
Author: Bryan English from Cheney Washington

Sam Elliot and Linda Fiorentino go toe to toe in this very entertaining TV western. Elliott plays Marshall Bill Speakes, a lawman obsessed with catching Sarah O'Rourke (Fiorentino), his fugitive daughter-in-law. It seems that Sarah killed her husband. Speakes is understandably rather upset and tears up the west pursuing her when she escapes his grasp. Along the way, Sarah allies herself with a dandified highwayman and the story becomes a rather quirky Bonnie and Clyde story. But things aren't always what they seem as Speakes' tactics for catching the pair become increasingly ruthless as Elliott goes against his usual good-guy image. The audience sympathies are fully with the outlaws in this story. Writer-Director Pesce gives the story a relentless pace as the antagonists maneuver around each other. Visually, the film owes a lot to Leone and Peckinpah (right down to the slow motion death scenes) but the plot is so fast-paced and the characters are so interesting, the pyrotechnics never over-shadow the story. If you are a fan of either Elliott or Fiorentino, The Desperate Trail is a must see.

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