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Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)

Riders of the Purple Sage poster
Directed by
Charles Haid
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lone gunman arrives to help a Mormon woman threatened by a corrupt church elder. Their bond deepens as they face violent pursuers across the Utah desert.

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What happens

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1996 American Western television film based on the 1912 novel by Zane Grey, directed by Charles Haid, adapted by Gil Dennis, and starring Ed Harris as Lassiter and Amy Madigan as Jane Withersteen. The film aired on TNT on January 21, 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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