Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)
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Originally made for television and based on a true story from the '50s, this film concerns a rural Arizona town that deals in polygamy. Specifically, a boy is shocked that his father (Christopher Atkins), a veteran of the Korean War, wishes to take a 15-year-old girl for another wife. ~ John… More Originally made for television and based on a true story from the '50s, this film concerns a rural Arizona town that deals in polygamy. Specifically, a boy is shocked that his father (Christopher Atkins), a veteran of the Korean War, wishes to take a 15-year-old girl for another wife. ~ John Bush, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Michael Lewis
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Dec 7, 1981 Wide
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Cast
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Scott G. Anderson
as Town Boy
- Christopher Atkins
- Conrad Bain
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Jay Bernard
as Judge Sears
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Helen Hunt
as Naomi
- Diane Lane
- Kiel Martin
- Joan Shawlee
- Dee Wallace
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Warren Vanders
as Jay Jacobs
- Heidi Bohay
- James Miller
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Melinda Almquist
as Viola
- Paolo Balardi
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Karyn Christiansen
as Ada King
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Sharyn Christiansen
as Alma King
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Babetta Dick
as Judy
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Robert E. Hartenberger
as Atty. Gen. Ross
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Jacob Johnston
as Barth
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X.V. Kelly
as Bus Driver
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Michael Lang
as Ronnie King
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Rick Millikan
as Boyd Paul
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Alan Nash
as Sheriff Beal
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Julianne Slocum
as Rachel
- Charles Summerfrucht
- Robert Summerfrucht
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Trisha Lynn Tibbs
as Lila
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C. Duane Tuft
as Larry
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Mary Tuft
as Town Girl
- Dee Wallace Stone