Purgatory (1999) (TV)

Director:

Uli Edel

Writer (WGA):

Gordon T. Dawson (written by)

Release Date:

10 January 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Western

Plot:

An outlaw band rides into a town that is actually Purgatory, between Heaven and Hell.

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Bank Robbery | Doc Holliday | Church | Afterlife

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sam Shepard	...	Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock
Eric Roberts	...	Blackjack Britton
Randy Quaid	...	Doc Woods / Doc Holliday
Peter Stormare	...	Cavin Guthrie
Brad Rowe	...	Leo 'Sonny' Dillard
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Deputy Glen / Billy The Kid
J.D. Souther	...	Brooks / Jesse James (as John David Souther)
Amelia Heinle	...	Rose / Betty McCullough
Shannon Kenny	...	Dolly Sloan / Ivy
John Dennis Johnston	...	Lamb / 'Lefty' Slade
Saginaw Grant	...	Gatekeeper
Richard Edson	...	Euripides
Gregory Scott Cummins	...	Knox
John Diehl	...	Badger
R.G. Armstrong	...	Coachman

Also Known As:

Purgatory West of the Pecos (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Barstow, California, USA

Company:

Rosemont Productions

Trivia:

Final film of R.G. Armstrong.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the final gunfight scenes, Rose is wearing a plastic hair clip. Plastic wasn't invented until 1907, more than 20 years after William Hickock was killed.

Quotes:

Forest: While you're in Refuge, I would appreciate it if you didn't curse, except for the saloon, of course.

I LOVE this movie

I love a good western, and this would have to be one of the best I have ever seen. What a beautiful storyline, what a great place Refuge was. I hope that it truly is like that when we pass away. I don't know what those people did (good) that let them go to refuge, rather than straight to Hell, because all of the Blackjack gang (about 30) went straight to Hell, rather than purgatory. I don't know why Jesse James, Wild Bill and Doc didn't go straight to Hell for their sins, but where given a second chance, unlike the Blackjack gang. I actually got this movie without reading the back cover, so I didn't know what to expect. I was so surprised with this movie. I will watch it many times