The best Sam Shepard’s tv movie movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Sam Shepard’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Sam Shepard.
Purgatory
6.8/10
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.
Ruffian
7.1/10
Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. Made by ESPN Original Entertainment, the film is directed by Yves Simoneau and stars Sam Shepard as Ruffian's trainer, Frank Whiteley. The producers used four different geldings in the role of Ruffian. Locations for the 2007 film included Louisiana Downs in Shreveport, Louisiana and Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
One Kill
5.5/10
A Marine captain is on trial for murdering her superior officer.
The Good Old Boys
6.4/10
An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.
The Only Thrill
6/10
A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.
Shot in the Heart
6.3/10
The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his own family.
