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The Shadow Riders
“Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.”
6.5 / 10• 1982• 1h 36m•PG• English
WesternTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Tom Selleck
Mac Traven
Lead
Sam Elliott
Dal Traven
Ben Johnson
Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Geoffrey Lewis
Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader
JO
Jeff Osterhage
Jesse Traven
Gene Evans
Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
Katharine Ross
Kate Connery / Sister Katherine
Dominique Dunne
Sissy Traven
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrew V. McLaglen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Shadow Riders is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
