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1995 (Finland) moreTagline:
Travellers. Partners. Lovers. Robbers. morePlot:
After years of suffering under her beating husband, Sarah decides to no longer take any humiliation or battery - and kills him... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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A Most underrated Westen more (9 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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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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.