The Shadow Riders (1982)

09/28/1982 (US) • 1h 36m

Western, TV Movie

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

Tom Selleck

Mac Traven

Sam Elliott

Dal Traven

Ben Johnson

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Geoffrey Lewis

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

Jeff Osterhage

Jesse Traven

Gene Evans

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Katharine Ross

Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Dominique Dunne

Sissy Traven

Scanlon Gail

Yankee Officer


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

kidnapping

confederate raiders

brothers

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