Prairie Fever (2008) (V)

Directors:

Stephen Bridgewater (co-director)
David S. Cass Sr. (co-director)

Writer:

Steven H. Berman (written by)

Release Date:

29 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Cast

Kevin Sorbo	...	Sheriff Preston Biggs
Lance Henriksen	...	Monte James
Dominique Swain	...	Abigail
Jamie Anne Allman	...	Olivia Thibodeaux
Jillian Armenante	...	Lettie
Felicia Day	...	Blue
Lucy Lee Flippin	...	Faith
Robert Norsworthy	...	Bartender
Blake Gibbons	...	Charlie
Don Swayze	...	James
Richard Clarke Larsen	...	Carson City Hotel Clerk
Silas Weir Mitchell	...	Frank
Ken Magee	...	Homer
Chris McKenna	...	Sheriff Logan
E.E. Bell	...	Luk

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Company:

Grand Army Entertainment

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At the start of the movie, when the woman is being used as a shield, the closeup of Sheriff Biggs pistol shows no bullets in the chambers, but after she yells for him to shoot, the next closeup shows one shell, a hollow point, in the cylinder. Hollow points had not been invented at the time.

One of the best westerns I've ever seen

I just watched this film, and thought it was excellent. Unlike many westerns, this one has an original idea behind it, and it features women in interesting roles.

The story is well paced and clearly told and held my interest throughout.

Kevin Sorbo plays Sheriff Preston Biggs, only following a shooting that occurred a couple of years ago during a bank robbery, he's no longer the Sheriff and has just about turned into the town drunk.

Seventeen mail order brides were delivered awhile back and three of those definitely didn't work out. Lettie, Abigail and Blue have apparently all gotten "Prairie Fever" a local term for having gone crazy. The women's tales get explained during the film, and we learn why they're behaving as they are.

Biggs has been hired to take the women to Carson City and put them on a train there, two of them to return home and one of them to be sent directly to an insane asylum.

Add to the mix the fact the two bank robbers have an ax to grind with Biggs, and Frank (husband of Blue) has a brother who talks him into getting his money back, via what was paid to Biggs, along with a mean, old gambler and his beautiful partner having a falling out--who also converge on Biggs and his wagon load of women, and you've got plenty of plot, interesting, 3-dimensional characters and action to carry this fantastic story along; and it all fits together perfectly.

A highly satisfying film. I gave it 10 stars.