Ed Harris
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Jan 21, 1996 · Riders of the Purple Sage: Directed by Charles Haid. With Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney. Jim Lassister seeks the man responsible for his sister's death. His quest draws him into an insular community ruled by an uncompromising charlatan and his brutal riders.
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.
Riders of the Purple Sage is a story about three main characters, Bern Venters, Jane Withersteen, and Jim Lassiter, who in various ways struggle with persecution from the local Mormon community led by Bishop Dyer and Elder Tull in the fictional town of Cottonwoods, Utah.
Betrayal forces a woman (Amy Madigan) struggling to run her Old West ranch to turn to a mysterious drifter (Ed Harris).
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Jim Lassiter roams from town to town in search for the man who drove his sister to suicide. While riding toward a mountain pass, he sees an heiress, Jane Withersteen, being harassed by thugs and steps in to help. A religious sect wants Jane to marry their leader, Deacon Tull, so they can gain ownership of her land.
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Riders Of The Purple Sage. The all-time best-selling Western by novelist Zane Grey comes to the screen! 1,603 IMDb 6.3 1 h 37 min 1996. 7+. Western · Romance · Drama.
