The Shadow Riders
“Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.”
1982•PG•1h 36m•6.5•Released
WesternTV Movie
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.
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer
Jim Byrnes
Languages
English
Studio
CBS Entertainment Productions
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
R.G. Armstrong
Sheriff Miles Gillette
Marshall R. Teague
Lieutenant Butler
Jane Greer
Ma Traven
Harry Carey, Jr.
Pa Traven
Jeannetta Arnette
Southern Belle
Kristina David
Renfro Damsel
Production
Company
CBS Entertainment Productions
Company
Columbia Pictures Television
Company
The Pegasus Group
Producer
Dennis Durney
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