Murder at Yellowstone City (formerly titled Murder at Emigrant Gulch) is a 2022 American Western film directed by Richard Gray from a screenplay by Eric Belgau.
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Premise
In a gold-rush boomtown that has gone bust, a prospector strikes gold and is murdered. Sheriff Jim Ambrose (Gabriel Byrne) assumes that the killer is a newcomer, a former slave who calls himself Cicero (Isaiah Mustafa), because "he's the only man who doesn't know what [Ambrose will] do to him." But as it becomes clear that Cicero is innocent and as the mystery of the prospector's death deepens and puts the whole town in jeopardy, the town's new minister, Thaddeus Murphy (Thomas Jane), and his straight-shooting wife, Alice (Anna Camp), must stand up to Sheriff Ambrose and bring the true culprit to justice.
Cast
Isaiah Mustafa as Cicero
Gabriel Byrne as Sheriff Jim Ambrose
Thomas Jane as Thaddeus Murphy
Richard Dreyfuss as Edgar Blake
Nat Wolff as Jimmy Ambrose Jr.
Anna Camp as Alice Murphy
Aimee Garcia as Isabel Santos
Zach McGowan as Robert Dunnigan
Scottie Thompson as Emma Dunnigan
Emma Kenney as Rebecca Davies
Tanaya Beatty as Violet Running Horse
John Ales as Mickey O'Hare
Lew Temple as David Harding
Lia Marie Johnson as Eugenia Martin
Isabella Ruby as Josephine Wright
Danny Bohnen as Marcus O'Sullivan
Production
Principal photography began in May 2021 in Montana. At the Cannes Film Market in June 2021, additional casting was revealed, and it was announced that production had wrapped.
Release
In April 2022, it was announced that RLJE Films acquired North American distribution rights to the film, which would be released in theaters and on VOD on June 24, 2022.
Reception
The film has a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews.