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Silent Tongue

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Silent Tongue
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PG13,1hr 38min
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1994
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Synopsis: Playwright Sam Shepard wrote and directed this bizarre combination of western film revisionism and Greek tragedy. Silent Tongue (Tantoo Cardinal) is a mute Kiowa who is raped by Eamon McCree (Alan Bates), the owner of the Kickapoo Traveling Medicine Show. Eamon attempts to make up for his crime by marrying her, hoping for forgiveness. Instead, Silent Tongue enacts a bitter retribution through her two daughters, Awbonnie (Sheila Tousey) and Velada (Jeri Arredondo). Awbonnie, as the film begins, has ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Eamon McCree
Prescott Roe
Reeves McCree
Talbot Roe
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