The Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)
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Originally made for television and based on a true story from the '50s, this film concerns a rural Arizona town that deals in polygamy. Specifically, a boy is shocked that his father (Christopher Atkins), a veteran of the Korean War, wishes to take a 15-year-old girl for another wife. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast:
- Dee Wallace Stone
- Scott Anderson - Town Boy
- Conrad Bain
- Helen Hunt - Naomi
- Kiel Martin
- Dee Wallace
- Heidi Bohay
- Paolo Balardi
- Sharyn Christiansen - Alma King
- Robert E. Hartenberger - Atty. Gen. Ross
- X.V. Kelly - Bus Driver
- Rick Millikan - Boyd Paul
- Julianne Slocum - Rachel
- Robert Summerfrucht
- C. Duane Tuft - Larry
- James Miller
- Christopher Atkins
- Jay Bernard - Judge Sears
- Diane Lane
- Joan Shawlee
- Warren Vanders - Jay Jacobs
- Melinda Almquist - Viola
- Karyn Christiansen - Ada King
- Babetta Dick - Judy
- Jacob Johnston - Barth
- Michael Lang - Ronnie King
- Alan Nash - Sheriff Beal
- Charles Summerfrucht
- Trisha Lynn Tibbs - Lila
- Mary Tuft - Town Girl
- Director(s):
- Robert M. Lewis
- Writer(s):
- Joyce Eliason
- Producer(s):
- Paul Monash, Lawrence Schiller
- Categories:
- Television
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