A con man mining promoter (John Schnieder, a drunk, has-been miner (Bruce Weitz), a lovely widow (Rebecca Jenkins) and her troubled son (Jonathon Jackson) head off into the mountains to find the long dead Ruby Silver mine. Along the way, they find themselves.
Acting
Bruce Weitz commits fully to drunk miner energy.
Writing
TV movie script that actually sticks the landing emotionally.
Production
Mountain locations punch way above TV movie budget.
Director
Charles Wilkinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jonathan Jackson was simultaneously starring on General Hospital while filming this, making him the busiest teen actor in 1996.
Part of a brief 90s wave of made-for-TV Westerns that tried to revive the genre without blockbuster budgets—this one actually remembered that Westerns need heart, not just gunfights.
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