a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number DVD 003785

a Personal name McLaglen, Andrew V.

a Title The Shadow Riders

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1982

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc CBS Entertainment Production

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 100 min.

a Summary, etc When the Western slipped into theatrical oblivion in the late 1970s, many of the best examples of the genre began appearing as made-for-television films. After the success of The Sacketts, from the Louis L'Amour novel, producers quickly reunited stars Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott in another fine adaptation of a L'Amour book, The Shadow Riders. As brothers Mac and Dal Traven, sporting blue and gray uniforms, respectively, they wind their way home at the close of the Civil War to discover a band of confederate rebels have ravaged their town and kidnapped their sisters and brother and Dal's feisty sweetheart (Katharine Ross). With the help of their outlaw uncle (Western stalwart Ben Johnson), whom they must break out of prison, they track the guerrillas to the Gulf Coast and down into Mexico for a final, fatal showdown. Veteran director Andrew McLaglen sets this TV movie on a loping pace and a jovial tone, defined largely by Selleck's easygoing performance and the jocular comic relief of rascally Johnson. Elliott provides the intensity, at times positively ferocious under his heavy brows and burning, sunken eyes. The mood is occasionally too comic, but McLaglen delivers the goods in a series of gritty action sequences, proving that old Western directors don't die, they just drift on over to the small screen. Western icons R.G. Armstrong and Harry Carey Jr. and 1950s leading lady Jane Greer also appear in key roles.

a Language note Language(s): English

a Language note Subtitle(s): French, Spanish

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Western

a Personal name Selleck, Tom.

a Personal name Sam Elliott

a Personal name Ben Johnson

a Personal name Geoffrey Lewis

a Personal name Jeff Osterhage

a Personal name Gene Evans

a Personal name Katharine Ross

a Personal name RG Armstrong

a Personal name Robert B Craig

a Personal name Marshall R Teague

a Personal name Ben Fuhrman

a Personal name Jane Greer

a Personal name Harry Carey Jr

a Personal name Dominique Dunne

a Personal name Natalie May

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://imdb.com/title/tt0084666

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