Hannah's Law
Hannah's Law | |
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Written by | John Fasano |
Directed by | Rachel Talalay |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | John Fasano Michael Ogiens Michael Frislev Chad Oakes Jay Daniel Beechinor Petros Danabassis |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | June 9, 2012 |
Hannah's Law is a 2012 American/Canadian Western television film from the Hallmark Movie Channel. The movie stars Cameron Bancroft, Sara Canning, John Pyper-Ferguson, and Julian Black Antelope.
Synopsis
[edit]The film is centered on the character Hannah Beaumont. The film begins in 1866 in Abilene, Texas. The opening scene shows Hannah's parents and young brother being killed by the McMurphy gang. Later in the film, Hannah is a grown woman and a bounty hunter. She has taken an interest in finding the McMurphy gang members who brutally murdered her family. Unlike her fellow bounty hunter competitors, Hannah likes to bring the people she captures alive so they can face justice. She eventually faces the McMurphy gang and learns her brother is actually alive.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Cameron Bancroft as James Beaumont
- Julian Black Antelope as Redwing
- Sara Canning as Hannah Beaumont
- John Pyper-Ferguson as Frank McMurphy
- Tom Carey as Hacker
- Diego Diablo Del Mar as Pineda
- Kimberly Elise as Mary "Stagecoach Mary"
- John Fasano as Marshal Deger
- Brendan Fletcher as Zechariah Stitch
- Danny Glover as Isom Dart
- Lucy Harvey as Elizabeth
- Greyston Holt as Wyatt Earp
- Brendan Hunter as Loring Stewart
- Chris Ippolito as Drunk Cowboy
- Ryan Kennedy as John "Doc" Holliday
- Ian Kilburn as "Turk" Anderson
- Billy Zane as Lockwood
Reception
[edit]Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called it "a tasty western tale" with no mailed-in performances.[2] Laura Fries of Variety wrote, "A clear attempt at an action-romance Western, the resulting pic is more like Fifty Shades of Dust."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "About the movie- Hannah's Law". Hallmark Movie Channel. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (June 8, 2012). "Has Guns, Wears Dresses, Seeks Justice". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ^ Fries, Laura (June 7, 2012). "Review: 'Hannah's Law'". Variety. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
External links
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- 2012 television films
- 2012 Western (genre) films
- Canadian action television films
- Cultural depictions of Doc Holliday
- Cultural depictions of Wyatt Earp
- English-language Canadian films
- Films directed by Rachel Talalay
- Films set in Texas
- Films with screenplays by John Fasano
- Hallmark Channel original films
- American Western (genre) television films
- 2012 films
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s Canadian films
- Canadian Western (genre) films
- Canadian adventure television films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- American television film stubs