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With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.



Ashton Sanders
Will
Tishuan Scott
Nate

Keston John
Marcus

Christine Horn
Rachel

Alfonso Freeman
Isaac
Raven Ledeatte
Abby

Jonathan R. Freeman
Royce

Bill Oberst Jr.
Burrell
Tangela Wilson
Free Camp Woman
The Retrieval is a western, drama, history, adventure film released in 2013 exploring themes of civil war, slavery, 19th century. Directed by Chris Eska, it stars Ashton Sanders, Tishuan Scott, Keston John. On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.
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