Silent Tongue

Silent Tongue is a 1993 American horror Western film written and directed by Sam Shepard. It was filmed in the spring of 1992 and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 1993 but not released theatrically until a year later in 1994. It was filmed near Roswell, New Mexico and features Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, Dermot Mulroney and River Phoenix.