Fred Ward, Gary Basaraba, Gary Farmer, Guy Boyd, Jane Loranger ...( see more  see more... ) , John Karlen , Lance Baker , Lou Diamond Phillips , Michelle Thrush

After a horribly mutilated Navajo Indian is found on Hopi land, Navajo policeman Jim Chee (Lou Diamond Phillips) is plunged into a mystery filled with drug dealers, FBI agents, witchcraft, politics an...( read more  read more... )d revenge. And to add a further degree of difficulty, he must tightrope between two worlds -- Anglo and Indian. Fred Ward co-stars; Errol Morris directs. Based on characters from the series of best-selling novels by Tony Hillerman.

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R, 111 min.

Directed by: Errol Morris

Release Date: June 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: December 16, 2003

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  • January 5, 2009
    Navajo policeman Jim Chee solves a mystery on Indian land in Arizona. It is a fairly standard "New kid on the block figures out who the bad guys are with Indian overtones" type of movie.
  • January 23, 2007
    liked this movie
  • March 31, 2008
    An interesting take on Tony Hillerman's novel! Lou Diamond Phillip makes an interesting Navajo in this one.
  • July 4, 2009
    it was a tight movie..loved it...





    The old guy in the begining is my grandfather curtis sloan...
  • September 9, 2007
    Have not seen it yet.
  • August 31, 2007
    I was living in Tuba City when Morris filmed this on location there, so it "should" be a guilty pleasure (I know MANY of the extras in the film); unfortunately, Morris is out of his realm in this fictional feature.
  • May 24, 2007
    Downright bad film with horrible caricatures of Navajo's. It's not just the movie its the actors as well. Namely, Lou Diamond Phillips. Who's really to blame though? Tony Hillerman is the blame with his inane mystery novels and his bizarre version of Native Americans in the S...( read more)outhwest. Crap.
  • June 8, 2006
    I have got to see this, if it's lou, then it's good.

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