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Calderon. Suffering from his knife wounds, Kingston hits Brant in a shootout while near the isolated compound, then pins Brant's leg under a boulder. When
Kingston passes out, Brant cuts his own leg off and crawls to the wounded man. As he is about to cut Kingston's throat, Maria reappears and shoots Brant dead.
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joined the cast, and WestEnd Films was attached as handling international sales. (While Hurt was still reported as being in the film as late as an April 2016 article when the trailer was released online, and a June 2016 review showing him as playing
Governor Ross, he does not actually appear –
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Kingston dumps Brant's body in the Rio Grande near the dead scalped
Mexican woman. The Mexican general is grateful to Kingston for getting Maria back. When men went back to the town and the prison, they found the town abandoned and no sign of the prison at all. Kingston is last seen riding off into
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Mexican citizens, in particular to search for Maria Calderon, the missing niece of a Mexican general who is threatening to invade to find her. In the town, preacher and mayor Abraham Brant
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Kingston confronts Brant and the townspeople, Brant's son Isaac challenges Kingston to a âHelena Duelâ knife fight. During the fight, Kingston is badly wounded before he kills Isaac. Kingston escapes, and frees a number of captured Mexicans from the remote prison compound, including Maria
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for bodies, Brant manipulates a weak-spirited
Marisol into becoming dependent on him. Marisol becomes Brant's willing consort, and betrays her husband's secrets. Kingston eventually learns Brant's secret - that he is abducting Mexicans to serve as prey for rich foreigners to hunt.
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Kingston hides his identity and purpose from Brant, appearing as a wandering traveler. Brant offers him the role of town sheriff, which the newcomer hesitantly accepts, hoping the position will cover him long enough to carry out his real investigation.
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knife fight in 1866 – is keeping all the townsfolk in some kind of fearful grip. When
Kingston arrives in town, the townsfolk act cold and hostile towards him, with the exception of Brant, who is smitten by Kingston's wife, Marisol.
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joined the film to play Brit (renamed George in the final film, a
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624:"Felicity Price Goes "By Way of Helena""
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778:Commonwealth, Thomas (July 24, 2013).
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650:Barraclough, Leo (September 5, 2014).
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575:"Kieran Darcy-Smith to helm 'Helena'"
356:Governor Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross
804:Lucas, Sherry (September 22, 2014).
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622:Whitehead, Donna (August 29, 2014).
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573:Sneider, Jeff (September 28, 2012).
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393:Kimberly Hidalgo as Maria Calderon
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704:Henderson, Odie (June 24, 2016).
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1119:Films produced by David Hoberman
829:"Hollywood returns to Greenwood"
545:Collis, Clark (April 27, 2016).
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870:
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797:
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755:Groves, Don (October 9, 2014).
732:Yamato, Jen (October 2, 2014).
676:Giroux, Jack (April 28, 2016).
16:2016 film by Kieran Darcy-Smith
1099:American Western (genre) films
827:Stole, Bryn (August 1, 2014).
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277:On the Texas border, in 1887,
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850:Christine (October 9, 2014).
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1114:2010s English-language films
599:Yamato, Jen (July 1, 2014).
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1104:2016 Western (genre) films
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1094:Mandeville Films films
495:Greenwood, Mississippi
419:was set to direct the
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525:score of 5.17/10. On
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360:Chris Baker as Monte
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153:Mississippix Studios
147:Atomic Entertainment
405:as General Calderon
363:Chris Berry as Dale
336:as Marisol Kingston
283:Governor âSulâ Ross
233:is a 2016 American
1084:Films set in Texas
1043:Wish You Were Here
1031:Kieran Darcy-Smith
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784:The Tracking Board
417:Kieran Darcy-Smith
390:David Born as Hoot
267:Lionsgate Premiere
239:Kieran Darcy-Smith
171:Lionsgate Premiere
45:Kieran Darcy-Smith
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206:110 minutes
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101:JosĂ© ZĂșñiga
93:Emory Cohen
89:Alice Braga
59:Produced by
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