The Shadow Riders (1982)

  • PG
  • 09/28/1982 (US)
  • Western, TV Movie
  • 1h 36m

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.

Louis L'Amour

Novel

Andrew V. McLaglen

Director

Jim Byrnes

Screenplay

Cast

Tom Selleck's headshot

Tom Selleck

Mac Traven
Sam Elliott's headshot

Sam Elliott

Dal Traven
Ben Johnson's headshot

Ben Johnson

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Geoffrey Lewis's headshot

Geoffrey Lewis

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader
Jeff Osterhage's headshot

Jeff Osterhage

Jesse Traven
Gene Evans's headshot

Gene Evans

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
Katharine Ross's headshot

Katharine Ross

Kate Connery / Sister Katherine
Dominique Dunne's headshot

Dominique Dunne

Sissy Traven

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