The Far Side of Jericho (2006)

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writers (WGA):

Rob Sullivan (written by) and
James Crumley (written by)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Three women. One treasure. Lots of bad guys.

Plot:

Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged...

Plot Keywords:

Posse | Gagged And Bound | Ghost | Hanging | Crooked Sheriff

Cast

Suzanne Andrews	...	Maxine Thornton
Judith Burnett	...	Claire Thornton
Lissa Negrin	...	Bridget Thornton
Patrick Bergin	...	Jake
Lawrence Pressman	...	Van Damm
James Gammon	...	The Preacher
John Diehl	...	Cash Thornton
C. Thomas Howell	...	Little Jemmy Thornton
Jason Connery	...	John
Bill Doyle	...	David
Zachary Ray Sherman	...	The Kid
Tim DeKay	...	The Stranger
Constance Forslund	...	Madame de Boks
Vanessa Zima	...	Greta Van Dam
John Ericson	...	Charlie

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including a rape, and for language.

Runtime:

USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Further Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Con trails seen in the sky several times during the movie.

Quotes:

Maxine: What now?
Claire: Kiss the bastards goodbye, then have a drink might be traditional at this point, I think.
Bridget: I ain't gonna kiss no dead man, honey.

Soundtrack:

Jericho

Better than average Oater

OK? Who besides James Gammon and Patrick Bergin are in this film? Who else do you know? The three principles are faces with no names besides those flashing by in the credits. They're definitely not cutie-pies and the roles they bring to the screen are not your typical Western female hero. One, Maxine (Suzanne Andrews), is a macha-hero-type but the other two, Claire (Judith Burnett), an ex-school marm with a drinking problem married to an abusive bum and Bridgett (Lissa Negrin)is an ex-hooker who actually loves her husband, Billie. These three ladies see their husbands hanged and then chased by everyone else in the picture because they are believed to know where the loot is buried. We see them chased by a drunken, incompetent posse, two bounty hunters, a faux preacher and his gang and then, some Native Americans. While this is not a film to keep you on the edge of your seat, it is an evening's worth of entertainment which goes beyond the sterile iconic old Westerns I and all the other kids of my generation grew up on. All in all, it's better than the average oater.