The Shadow Riders (TV Movie 1982)

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Tom Selleck

Mac Traven

Sam Elliott

Dal Traven

Dominique Dunne

Sissy Traven

Ben Johnson

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Scanlon Gail

Yankee Officer

Geoffrey Lewis

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

Jeff Osterhage

Jesse Traven
(as Jeffrey Osterhage)

Gene Evans

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Katharine Ross

Kate Connery…

R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Miles Gillette

Marshall R. Teague

Lieutenant Butler
(as Marshall Teague)

Ben Fuhrman

Devol

Jane Greer

Ma Traven

Harry Carey Jr.

Pa Traven

Natalie May

Heather Traven

Jeannetta Arnette

Southern Belle

Owen Orr

Frank King, Kate's Fiancee

Kristina David

Renfro Damsel

Director
- Andrew V. McLaglen
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Trivia
Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, and Jeff Osterhage wanted to do another western together after they did The Sacketts (1979). They contacted that film's writer, Louis L'Amour and asked him to write a story idea for them. This film was the result.

Goofs
When Dal is leaving town with the sharps rifles, an air conditioner can be seen on the roof of one of the buildings.

As Dal leaves (0:24:16), the sun highlighting a boxy structure on the roof of the bank, which looked like metal. There was a better look at it on his way in to town (0:21:43), a pale blue, see-through slatted structure. Not an air conditioner.

Quotes
Dal Traven: [Chuckles as he hurriedly pulls on his boots]
Mac Traven: This seems to remind you of something, don't it?
Dal Traven: Yeah, only it was the other way around.
Mac Traven: Old Man Childers' barn?
Dal Traven: Yeah. I seem to recall his daughter was there too, and her brothers comin' after ya.
Mac Traven: Yeah, I had a helluva time pullin' my boots on.
Dal Traven: It wasn't just your boots, little brother.

Connections
Featured in Super Saturday Cinema: The Shadow Riders (1982)

Being a huge fan of Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot in westerns, I have to say that I was underwhelmed with the show. I actually bought the DVD just because it had Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot AND was a Louis L'Amour story. I had not heard of it but figured I couldn't go wrong. While the combination of Selleck, Elliot and L'Amour should have been golden, they turned out to be brass. The production value was very "television" (it was made for TV). It is what it is in that regard. However the action sequences were (IMHO) amateur. The hero knocks out the bad guy with one punch. The bad guys never see the hero's sneaking through the bushes in broad daylight. It just had a typical 80's TV show feel to it. I still felt it was worth the purchase for Selleck and Elliot even if the story and production didn't support them very well.