Purgatory

Purgatory

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1999-01-10
Duration:94 min
Director:Uli Edel
Actors:Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts, Randy Quaid, Peter Stormare, Brad Rowe
Production:Rosemont Productions International
Keywords:purgatory

Overview:

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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