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22/04/1995 Drama, Action 1h 31m
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An Enthralling Epic Of One Woman's Grit, Loyalty, And Determination

Overview

Mary Ingles is pregnant when she and her two sons are captured from their homestead in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains by Shawnee Indians. Her husband, Will, narrowly escapes death during the attack. Impressed by her grace under the pressure of captivity, Wildcat, the Shawnee chief, confers special privileges on Mary and her children, eventually proposing that Mary become his mate. Surprised by her attraction to the handsome brave, Mary nonetheless opts to remain faithful to Will and engineers a plan for her escape. Separated from her children, Mary joins another female settler, and together they embark on a harrowing homeward trek. Her odyssey comes full circle more than a decade later when she is finally reunited with her long-lost children.

  1. Jennifer Miller

    Writer

  2. Martin Davidson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ellen Burstyn

    Gretel

  2. Sheryl Lee

    Mary Ingles

  3. Tim Guinee

    Will

  4. Eric Schweig

    Wildcat

  5. Andy Stahl

    Henry Lenard

  6. Tyler Noyes

    Tommy Ingles

  7. Gabriel Macht

    Johnny Draper

  8. Tony Amendola

    LaPlante

  9. Renée O'Connor

    Bettie Draper

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2025-05-12
**_Settlers vs Shawnee in the heart of Appalachia, 1755_**

After a raid at Draper's Meadow settlement in what is now the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, several Caucasians are taken captive and brought northwest to the Shawnee village in what is present-day South Portsmouth in northeast Kentucky, and, later, to Big Bone Lick, which is further west. The resilient Mary Ingles (Sheryl Lee) hatches a plan with an older German captive (Ellen Burstyn) to possibly find their way back over the 350 miles of wilderness. Eric Schweig plays the chief warrior.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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