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Writers (WGA):
Zane Grey (book)
Gill Dennis (teleplay)
Release Date:
21 January 1996 (USA) more
Plot:
Jim Lassiter roams from town to town in search for the man who drove his sister to suicide. While riding toward a mountain pass... more | add synopsis
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1 win & 2 nominations more
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The true gunslinger! more (16 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Ed Harris | ... | Jim Lassiter, Milly Erne's Brother | |
| Amy Madigan | ... | Jane Withersteen | |
| Henry Thomas | ... | Bern Venters | |
| Robin Tunney | ... | Elizabeth 'Bess' Erne, Oldring's Masked Rider / Daughter | |
| Norbert Weisser | ... | Deacon Tull, Jane's Suiter | |
| G.D. Spradlin | ... | Pastor Dyer | |
| Lynn Wanlass | ... | Hester Brandt, Jane's Maid | |
| Bob L. Harris | ... | Collier Brandt | |
| Jerry Wills | ... | Oldring, Rustler Leader | |
| Rusty Musselman | ... | Matthew Blake |
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Canada:97 min | USA:98 min
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Lassiter: You'd best be calling on that god that reveals himself to you on earth, 'cause you won't be seeing him where you're going. more
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Version of Riders of the Purple Sage (1925) more
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In most movies, gunslingers are cold men with hot bullets, but in this movie Ed Harris convinces the audience that no-one is beyond redemption. Killing out of hatred has not turned Lassiter into a robot with a gun, but a human being plagued by the life he has chosen. Great acting, by everyone.