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The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders
★ 6.5/10•1982•1h 36m•PG•Western•TV Movie

Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.

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.

Andrew V. McLaglen · Director

Jim Byrnes · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 36m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 28, 1982

Actors

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Mac Traven

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Dal Traven

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

Jeff Osterhage

Jesse Traven

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Katharine Ross

Katharine Ross

Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Dominique Dunne

Dominique Dunne

Sissy Traven

Scanlon Gail

Scanlon Gail

Yankee Officer

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Miles Gillette

Marshall R. Teague

Marshall R. Teague

Lieutenant Butler

Jane Greer

Jane Greer

Ma Traven

Harry Carey Jr.

Harry Carey Jr.

Pa Traven

Jeannetta Arnette

Jeannetta Arnette

Southern Belle

Kristina David

Renfro Damsel

Ben Fuhrman

Devol

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