Silent Tongue

Silent Tongue (1994)

Justice can never be silenced.

Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't bury her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with Roe.

Date of release
1994-02-01
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Western, Horror, Drama, Romance
Director
Sam Shepard

Casting

Interesting facts

Silent Tongue is a 1993 American horror Western film written and directed by Sam Shepard. It was filmed in the spring of 1992 and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 1993 but not released theatrically until a year later in 1994. It was filmed near Roswell, New Mexico and features Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, Dermot Mulroney and River Phoenix.

Production

Sam Shepard was inspired to write Silent Tongue after researching medicine shows and the gullible idea of a magic potion or cure all. Shepard's script for Silent Tongue found its way to producer, Gene Rosow, with Shepard's editor, Bill Yahraus, telling Rosow the story at a Passover seder at Rosow's home.

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