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Purgatory is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Uli Edel released in USA on 10 january 1999 with Sam Shepard
Purgatory (1999)
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An outlaw band, led by Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts) and second man Cavin Guthrie (Peter Stormare), rob a bank. During a subsequent gunfight, a woman is shot and dies in the arms of Sonny (Cavin's nephew), a young member of the gang who is the lookout and appears to still have a conscience. The gang flees and is pursued by a posse. After passing through a dust storm, they see and enter a tunnel, emerging at the other end into verdant pastures around the town of Refuge.Actors
Sam Shepard
(Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock)
Eric Roberts
(Blackjack Britton)
Randy Quaid
(Doc Woods / Doc Holliday)
Brad Rowe
(Leon 'Sonny' Miller)
Peter Stormare
(Cavin Guthrie)
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