65% Critic Match

The Sweet Creek County War

“The story that begins at the end of a rope.”

6.5 / 10• 1979• 1h 31m•PG• English

Western

Storyline

In this western, a sheriff gets tired of upholding the law and retires to a quiet ranch. Unfortunately, he ends up saving his homesteader neighbors from a corrupt Wyoming land grabber.

Cast & Crew

Richard Egan

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Lead

Albert Salmi

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Nita Talbot

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Slim Pickens

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Robert J. Wilke

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Ray Cardi

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Tom Jackman

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What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. J. Frank James's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

3.0

“Every frame feels alive. The Sweet Creek County War is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker