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The Shadow Riders( 1982)

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Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.

Overview

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home only to find their family in dire need and their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. They set out to rescue their family.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tom Selleck

      Mac Traven

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      Sam Elliott

      Dal Traven

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      Ben Johnson

      Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

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      Geoffrey Lewis

      Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

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      Jeff Osterhage

      Jesse Traven

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      Gene Evans

      Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

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      Katharine Ross

      Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

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      Dominique Dunne

      Sissy Traven

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      Scanlon Gail

      Yankee Officer

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      R.G. Armstrong

      Sheriff Miles Gillette

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      Marshall R. Teague

      Lieutenant Butler

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      Jane Greer

      Ma Traven

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      Harry Carey, Jr.

      Pa Traven

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      Jeannetta Arnette

      Southern Belle

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      Kristina David

      Renfro Damsel

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      Ben Fuhrman

      Devol

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      Owen Orr

      Frank King

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    A review by John Chard

    5
    Written by John Chard on Mon Jan 02 2017
    The Traven Brothers. The Shadow Riders is directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and adapted to screenplay by Jim Byrnes from the novel written by Louis L'Amour. It stars Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Dominique Dunne, Ben Johnson and Geoffrey Lewis. Music is by Jerrold Immel and cinematography by Jack Whitman. A CBS TV production, The Shadow Riders has Selleck (Mac Traven) and Elliott (Dal Traven) as brothers, who even though they fought on different sides in the Civil War, there fondness for each other still exists. With the war now officially ended, the brothers meet up and head for...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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