Child Bride of Short Creek is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film written by Joyce Eliason, starring Christopher Atkins, Diane Lane, Conrad Bain, Helen Hunt and Dee Wallace. The film is a dramatization loosely based upon the 1953 Short Creek raid that had occurred in Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, United States, collectively known as "Short Creek," a community of members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a group that practices child marriage and polygamy.
Child Bride of Short Creek (1981)
Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Dec 7, 1981 |
Run Time - 96 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
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Themes
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Arizona, Bride Of Short Creek, Colorado City, Fundamentalist Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Da, Hildale, Short Creek, United States, Utah
Attributes
Based On: based on actual events
Alternate Titles
Child Bride of Short Creek
US
La jeune mariée de Short Creek
CA
Οι επαναστάτες του Σορτ Κρηκ
GR