<Li> Luce Rains as Joe McCurry </Li> <Li> William Sterchi as WC Claymore </Li> <P> When writing the script for Dead Man's Burden, Moshe wrote with the intent to cast the film with lesser known actors, as he didn't want "to bring in a big - name actor who didn't look like they belong in that period ." Moshe did not use storyboards, as the film had a tight budget and couldn't afford a storyboard artist, instead watching other Western films for inspiration and working closely with cinematographer Robert Hauer . Filming took place in New Mexico over an 18 - day period, where the cast experienced freak storms that forced the cast to walk to the set but did not delay filming . </P> <P> Critical reception has been mixed to positive and the film holds a rating of 76 on Metacritic (based on 12 reviews) and 76% on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 17 reviews). Common elements praised in the film was Moshé's choice in cast, which Variety lauded as a highlight . However, in their mostly positive review IndieWire remarked that the lack of major stars and the choice to film a Western (which they saw as a "mostly defunct genre") could jeopardize commercial prospects . The New York Daily News's review was more mixed, as they felt that the "verbose period film has the complicated plot and tight pacing of a cable TV drama, which is then squashed into an indie - film paradigm ." </P>

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