Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)
Directed by Robert Lewis
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Social Problem Film |
Release Date - Dec 7, 1981 (USA - Unknown), Dec 7, 1981 (USA) |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by John Bush
Originally made for television and based on a true story from the '50s, this film concerns a rural Arizona town that deals in polygamy.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.
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rival, war, child-bride, cult, father, generation-gap, homecoming, marriage, polygamy, religion, romance, son, veteran [military]