For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love It follows the story of Henry Heath a law officer in 1862 Salt Lake City Heath finds himself responsible for the wellbeing of a prisoner whom he despises an impoverished French immigrant named Jean Baptiste who is convicted of robbing the graves of the recently deceased Baptiste is exiled to Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake With no one willing to look after this man Henry Heath becomes Baptistes sole defense against the hostile isolation of Antelope Island and the contempt of an entire community Through his somewhat reluctant service Heaths heart softens and his own sorrows find relief
DirectorThomas Russell
WriterThomas Russell
