Purgatory

1999 94 min ★ 7.2 Fantasy, Western, TV Movie

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.

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Cast

Sam Shepard

Sheriff Forrest / Wild Bill Hickock

Eric Roberts

Blackjack Britton

Randy Quaid

Doc Woods / Doc Holliday

Peter Stormare

Cavin Guthrie

Brad Rowe

Leon 'Sonny' Miller

Donnie Wahlberg

Deputy Glen / Billy the Kid

JD Souther

Brooks / Jesse James

Amelia Heinle

Rose / Betty McCullough

Shannon Kenny

Dolly Sloan / Ivy

John Dennis Johnston

Lamb / 'Lefty' Slade

Details

Director

Uli Edel

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Rosemont Productions International

Reviews

J

John Chard

July 20, 2014

★ 10/10

To think some of you used to be my heroes. There quite often comes a time when a film fan who is so enamoured with a specific genre or style of film making, comes across a picture that one knows is far from perfect if deconstructed frame by frame, but still loves it with every breath they take. Purgatory is one such film for myself. Purgatory, a TNT TV production, is that rare old beast of t...

W

Wuchak

August 7, 2018

★ 7/10

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 ...