Sacred Ground (1983)

SACRED GROUND tells the fact-based story of a mountain man and his Indian wife who happen upon a partially built cabin and finish it for their own home, not realizing that they occupy a sacred burial ground. A Paiute burial party clashes with the couple and in the ensuing skirmish, the wife is critically wounded while in the middle of childbirth. Bitter over her loss and needing a wetnurse for his baby, he steals one of the Paiute woman who had just lost a baby. In this modern version of Helen of Troy, the battle is on, as he takes on the whole band in a desperate attempt to survive. Written by Dale Roloff

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Western

Top billed cast

Tim McIntireMatt Colter
Jack ElamLum Witcher
L.Q. JonesTolbert Coleman
Ty RandolphWannetta
Eloy CasadosPrairie Fox
Serene HedinLittle Doe
Vernon FosterWounded Leg
Lefty Wild EagleMedicine Man
Larry KenorasBrave Beaver
Franklin FritzBaby Colter

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