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Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)

TV Movie  -   -  Drama  -  7 December 1981 (USA)
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Partially based on the true events surrounding a rural religious cult in the American Midwest, and how the members' children suffered for their parents' fanaticism.

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Cast

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Jessica Rae Jacobs
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Isaac King
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Frank King
Kiel Martin ...
Bob Kalish
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Naomi
Warren Vanders ...
Jay Jacobs
Joan Shawlee ...
Isaac's mother
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Mary Jacobs (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Alan Nash ...
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Heidi Bohay ...
Lola
Babetta Dick ...
Judy
Robert E. Hartenberger ...
Attorney General
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Dramatization of the lives of the people of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, collectively known as "Short Creek," a community made up of members of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, a Mormon separatist group practicing child marriage and polygamy. Written by JoJo

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7 December 1981 (USA)  »

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La jeune mariĆ©e de Short Creek  »

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Many of the locals of Hurricane were used as extras and other cast members. See more »

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Referenced in Many Wives: Vows of Silence (2000) See more »

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Excellent movie!
30 December 2001 | by (Gainesville, Ga) – See all my reviews

The first time I saw this movie I was really impressed. I loved the plot and I loved the way the story was told. I made me think of a religious dictator telling his followers how to live their lives. There were times when I was mad and times when I would cry. I loved this movie. It's worth watching again and again.


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