Sacred Ground (1983)
Born on hallowed ground... loved by two mothers... His child became sacred!
100 min
SACRED GROUND tells the fact-based story of a mountain man and his Indian wife who happen upon a partially built cabin and finish it for their own home, not realizing that they occupy a sacred burial ground. A Paiute burial party clashes with the couple and in the ensuing skirmish, the wife is critically wounded while in the middle of childbirth. Bitter over her loss and needing a wetnurse for his baby, he steals one of the Paiute woman who had just lost a baby. In this modern version of Helen of Troy, the battle is on, as he takes on the whole band in a desperate attempt to survive. Written by Dale Roloff
- Release date
- March 11, 1983
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Tim McIntire as Matt Colter
- L.Q. Jones as Tolbert Coleman
- Jack Elam as Lum Witcher
- Mindi Miller as Wannetta
- Eloy Casados as Prairie Fox
- Serene Hedin as Little Doe
- Vernon Foster as Wounded Leg
- Lefty Wild Eagle as Medicine Man
- Larry Kenoras as Brave Beaver
- Franklin Fritz as Baby Colter
Crew
- Charles B. Pierce · Director
- Charles B. Pierce · Writer
- Arthur R. Dubs · Producer
- Don Bagley · Composer
- Gene Kauer · Composer
- Charles B. Pierce · Cinematographer
- David E. Jackson · Editor
- Stephen L. Johnson · Editor
- Shirak Kojayan · Editor
- Lynne Southerland · Editor