Cast overview: | |||
Ed Harris | ... | Jim Lassiter | |
Amy Madigan | ... | Jane Withersteen | |
Henry Thomas | ... | Bern Venters | |
Robin Tunney | ... | Elizabeth Erne | |
Norbert Weisser | ... | Deacon Tull | |
G.D. Spradlin | ... | Pastor Dyer | |
Lynn Wanlass | ... | Hester Brandt | |
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Bob L. Harris | ... | Collier Brandt |
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Jerry Wills | ... | Oldring |
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Rusty Musselman | ... | Matthew Blake |
Jim Lassiter roams from town to town in search for the man who drove his sister to suicide. While riding toward a mountain pass, he sees an heiress, Jane Withersteen, being harassed by thugs and steps in to help. A religious sect wants Jane to marry their leader, Deacon Tull, so they can gain ownership of her land. When he steps in to help, Lassister slowly begins to believe that a member of this sect is the man he is looking for. Written by Ronos
I was an avid Zane Grey reader as a teenager in the forties & have not re-read the book since. However,when viewing the movie, I felt the same aura of old west romance that I remembered from many years before. I have always felt that, in spite of his rather blatant racism, Zane Grey wove exciting and entertaining stories. I wish there would be additional efforts to bring more of his books to either the small or large screen, and that they would be as well made as "Riders of the Purple Sage".