The 19th Wife (2010)

Fundamentalist sect member BeckyLyn is accused of killing her husband. Queenie, another wife in the polygamist sect, doesn't believe BeckyLyn is capable of such violence and desperate to ... See full summary »

Director:

Rod Holcomb

Writers:

Richard Friedenberg (teleplay), David Ebershoff (novel)

Stars:

Chyler Leigh, Matt Czuchry, Alexia Fast

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Chyler Leigh	...	Queenie
Matt Czuchry	...	Jordan
Alexia Fast	...	Five
Jeff Hephner	...	Hiram
Lara Jean Chorostecki	...	Ann Eliza
Patricia Wettig	...	BeckyLyn
Sarain Boylan	...	Desert Missy
Patrick Garrow	...	The Prophet
David Lawrence Brown	...	Mr. Heber (as Dave Brown)
John Bourgeois	...	Brigham Young
Karl Pruner	...	Sawyer Scott
Brian Jensen	...	Cop
Justin Michael Carriere	...	Gilbert Webb (as Justin Michael Carrier)
Peter Strand Rumpel	...	Chauncey
Holly Turner	...	Mrs. Hagen

Storyline

Fundamentalist sect member BeckyLyn is accused of killing her husband. Queenie, another wife in the polygamist sect, doesn't believe BeckyLyn is capable of such violence and desperate to prove her innocence reaches out to her excommunicated son Jordan for help in freeing his mother.

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Plot Keywords:

lost keys | credit card | kinky sex | climbing out a window | fully clothed sex | 

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Taglines:

Polygamy Can Be Murder

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a weird coincidence there is a non-fiction book entitled the Witness Wore Red (2013) by Becky Musser, who was the 19th wife of elderly FLDS prophet Rulon Jeffs.

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Soundtracks

Apologize
(uncredited)
Performed by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic
Composed by Timbaland and Ryan Tedder

User Reviews

Excellent..best film for TV I Have ever seen.

I make a point of avoiding these "made for TV" films as this one clearly is. But every now and again I pander to the wife's (singular ;)) film taste. This one had a good rating on here, so I thought I would give it a go. I'm so pleased I did, one of the better films I have seen lately. So despite other reviews that complain about the location "Hello, 99.99% of people viewing this will not be experts on where these communities thrive in the US" and care not if there may be one too many trees for this to be feasible to you (I don't recall noticing a tree at all, I was busy watching the film). The first thing I noticed was this strange hairdo all the women seemed to don, which gave a sense of submission to a controlling ethics, so far from detracting or being weird actually added to the essence of the situation...what are these people moaning about ??? too many trees, strange hair...come on people! Anyway, The story is compelling I found myself getting really annoyed that these people really exists and these poor women accept that treatment from men and furthermore from a "Prophet". The Acting was superb from all concerned, the direction/editing was sufficient so that You knew exactly who was who, and carried the story along at a comfortable pace, although the ending did seem a little pow! there you go ! jobs done after a very pleasing unwinding development of all other aspects, maybe it could have been more stretched as to "getting just done to the right person, it all seemed a bit easy, and quick, I would have liked to have built up real hatred or sympathy to the person one way or another (you'll know what I mean when you see it). other than that, a huge pat on the back for all concerned.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

19ª Esposa

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sony Pictures Television, Alberta Film Entertainment, Barbara Lieberman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1