Child Bride of Short Creek
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A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion against his father when he learns that the latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl with whom his son is romantically involved.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1981-12-07
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Robert Michael Lewis
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Original title: Child Bride of Short Creek
Production Companies: Schiller-Monash Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Christopher Atkins
Diane Lane
Conrad Bain
Kiel Martin
Helen Hunt
Warren Vanders
Joan Shawlee
Dee Wallace
Babetta Dick
Melinda Almquist
Julianne Slocum
C. Duane Tuft
Robert E. Hartenberger
Alan Nash
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