Jericho Movie Review 2001

When a robbery goes wrong in the town of Jericho, the three bandits--one of whom has suffered a serious head wound--leave a dead sheriff behind as they head out of town. The wounded thief is soon left to die but is found and nursed back to health by freed slave turned preacher Joshua (Coffee), who names the amnesiac "Jericho." As the two travel the countryside, bits and pieces of Jericho's past surface and he's drawn to his namesake town, where his past is finally revealed. The surprise ending feels tacked on rather than a part of the ordinary script but the two men's friendship is a bonus as is Coffee's affecting performance.

Distribution

Monarch Home Video, 2 Ingram Blvd., La Vergne, TN 37086-7006, Phone: (615)287-4632, Fax: (615)287-4992, Email: dan.norem@ingramemtertainment.com, URL: http://www.monarchvideo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 102 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Amnesia, Period Piece: 19th Century

Screenplay

Robert Avard Miller

Cast

Mark Valley, R. Lee Ermey, Leon Coffee, Lisa Stewart, Buck Taylor, Mark Collie

Cinematography

Jerry Holway

Director

Merlin Miller

Music

Mark Haffner