Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
"For Robbing the Dead" (original title)

For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love. It follows the story of Henry Heath, a law officer in 1862 Salt ... See full summary »

Director:

Thomas Russell

Writer:

Thomas Russell

Stars:

Jon Gries, Barry Corbin, Margot Kidder

Cast

Credited cast:
Jon Gries	...	Tom Sutter
Barry Corbin	...	Judge Smith
Margot Kidder	...	Marlys Baptiste
Edward Herrmann	...	Governor Dawson
Rance Howard	...	Doctor
Larry Thomas	...	Josiah
Jodi Russell	...	Mrs. Williams
Sean Bott	...	Lot Huntington (as Sean Andrew Bott)
Nathan Stevens	...	Ray Jenkins
Chris Laird	...	Rone Clawson
Tod Huntington	...	George Clawson
Danny James	...	Young Man
Tim Threlfall	...	Mr. Little
David Stevens	...	Jean Baptiste
Cathleen Mason	...	Mrs. Carpenter

Storyline

For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love. It follows the story of Henry Heath, a law officer in 1862 Salt Lake City. Heath finds himself responsible for the well-being of a prisoner whom he despises - an impoverished French immigrant named Jean Baptiste who is convicted of robbing the graves of the recently deceased. Baptiste is exiled to Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. With no one willing to look after this man, Henry Heath becomes Baptiste's sole defense against the hostile isolation of Antelope Island and the contempt of an entire community. Through his somewhat reluctant service, Heath's heart softens and his own sorrows find relief.

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Genres:

Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic material, some violence and mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Filming Locations:

Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Firstlight Independent

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color (HD)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The flames shooting from Henry Heath's gun barrel during the gunfight were not a planned stunt but an actual misfire of the gun, a common mishap with old cap and ball pistols such as the replica used during filming.

User Reviews

Studying the theology of stripped tumbleweeds.

On the bright side, mostly grand vistas with generally pleasant and relaxing scenery.

You can guess from the title and that it is a Western that takes place in Utah the basics of the plot line. The spoiler is, joke on me, that there is next to nothing to spoil.

"Watch out now, Skeeter don't take kindly to you digging up and taking his ma's clothes.", if only, but no, the dialog is as memorable as that passable flapjack.

The theological question the film revolves around is: Does stealing the clothes from buried corpses force them to attend the Judgement as a nudist? It is a true story, an extremely underwhelming true story that the writer threw some spice on but the direction and acting left me feeling like I had been studying tumbleweeds.

Wait for it and wait for it some more, this can't be all there is can it? Yes, that's all there is, it's over, that was it. Wait I must have missed something profound, I refuse to believe someone made a movie about... nothing.

If you come up with something, please share.

All in all, that heavens I was not born then and there in that mind numbing wasteland.