Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground (1983) is a drama, western film directed by Charles B. Pierce rated 6.5/10.

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

Cast

Tim McIntire

Matt Colter

Jack Elam

Lum Witcher

L.Q. Jones

Tolbert Coleman

Ty Randolph

Wannetta

Eloy Casados

Prairie Fox

Serene Hedin

Little Doe

Vernon Foster

Wounded Leg

Lefty Wild Eagle

Medicine Man

Larry Kenoras

Brave Beaver

Franklin Fritz

Baby Colter

Danny Wilson

Lone Brave

Leslie Anderson

Warrior