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Director:
David Saperstein
Writers (WGA):
Robert Houston (novel)
David Saperstein (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 February 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
The dogs of hell walk the earth and the Devil strides beside [video cover]
Plot:
The story of a widow (in West Virginia) who takes in a drifter who she believes killed her husband.... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Peter Weller ... Baston Morris

Kathy Baker ... Maggie Gresham
John Glover ... Sheb Sheppard

Bill Smitrovich ... Pink Gresham
Rhetta Hughes ... Vinia
Amy Fields ... Bessie Gresham
Richard Westrick ... Warren Gresham
Trevor Jackson ... Eldridge
Susie Hall ... Blanche
Sandi Brannon ... Sara
Bob Hannah ... Stillwell
Joel Simon ... First Man at Mill
Edward Potter Haggard ... Second Man at Mill
Curt Walters ... Sherrif of Parrish

Mert Hatfield ... Sheriff of Oakman
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Also Known As:
My Sister's Keeper (UK)
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Runtime:
Brazil:100 min | USA:100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Juliette, Georgia, USA
Company:
Tomorrow Entertainment more

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Cold Characters, 5 December 2006
8/10
Author: Hitchcoc from United States

I got some of the same feelings that I received from watching "Cold Mountain." There is an overriding threat throughout. People don't trust because there are people who usurp authority and control others, even though they have no real right to. Mr. Grisham is about as despicable as a man can be. He uses people, capitalizing on their poverty, uses women, and mistreats his family. Eventually he gets to pay for that. But, coming into the picture, is an enigmatic man who is seeking revenge. He claims that Grisham killed his wife and family. He admits that he killed Grisham in retaliation. This is where things get dicey. I will say no more about the plot. The acting is bleak. The setting is a morass of trees and vines, a river with no escape, and a pack of dogs that threatens the characters at every turn. Threre is bitterness from the black family that is, of course, mistreated and abused. There is the woman who has had to depend on a bastard of a husband, not knowing what to do and who to trust. She is victimized by her husband's reputation and his evil. This movie really captures a time period and a group of Virginians during an unhappy time in our history. It is gut wrenching and believable. A bit of a diamond in the rough.

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