The Thicket

Sep 5, 2024

1h 45m

★ 6.5

Death comes fast in Texas

Overview

An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave, and a street-smart prostitute. The gang tracks Cut Throat Bill into the deadly no-man’s land known as The Big Thicket — a place where blood and chaos reign.

Genres

Western

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Tubi

Estuary Films

Nomadic Pictures

Hollywood Gang Productions

MiLu Entertainment

The Exchange

The Thicket Trailers

Cast

Reginald Jones

Peter Dinklage

Cut Throat Bill

Juliette Lewis

Jack

Levon Hawke

Jimmie Sue

Leslie Grace

Eustace

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Lula

Esmé Creed-Miles

Hector

Andrew Schulz

Malachi Deasy

Macon Blair

Rev. Ephron Karlsson

Arliss Howard

Simon Deasy

James Hetfield

Bailey Mayfield

Ryan Robbins

Baldy

Ned Dennehy

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