Purgatory (1999)

01/10/1999Fantasy, Western, TV Movie1h 34m
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An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals such as Doc Holiday and Wild Bill Hickok who must redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven... or screw up and go to Hell.

Top Billed Cast

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    Sam Shepard

    Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock

  2. Cast 1

    Eric Roberts

    Blackjack Britton

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    Randy Quaid

    Doc Woods / Doc Holliday

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    Peter Stormare

    Cavin Guthrie

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    Brad Rowe

    Leon 'Sonny' Miller

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    Donnie Wahlberg

    Deputy Glen / Billy the Kid

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    JD Souther

    Brooks / Jesse James

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    Amelia Heinle

    Rose / Betty McCullough

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    Shannon Kenny

    Dolly Sloan / Ivy

Last chance for the marginally good plucked from the incorrigibly wicked RELEASED TO TV IN 1999 and directed by Uli Edel, “Purgatory” chronicles events circa 1888 when a gang of outlaws led by Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts) holds up in a mysterious hidden town called Refuge where the inhabitants seem overly gracious and pacifistic. Respectful greenhorn Sonny (Brad Rowe) increasingly suspects something strange is happening. Sam Shepard plays the Sheriff, Donnie Wahlberg his deputy, Randy Quaid the doctor and JD Souther a shop-owner. Amelia Heinle and Shannon Kenny are on hand in the femini...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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