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The Shadow Riders
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The Shadow Riders

1982-09-28 · 96 min · ★ 6.5

Western · TV 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.

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Directors
Andrew V. McLaglen
Production companies
CBS Entertainment Productions, Columbia Pictures Television, The Pegasus Group
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tom SelleckTom SelleckMac Traven
Sam ElliottSam ElliottDal Traven
Ben JohnsonBen JohnsonUncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Geoffrey LewisGeoffrey LewisMajor Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader
Jeff OsterhageJesse Traven
Gene EvansGene EvansColonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
Katharine RossKatharine RossKate Connery / Sister Katherine
Dominique DunneDominique DunneSissy Traven
Scanlon GailScanlon GailYankee Officer
R.G. ArmstrongR.G. ArmstrongSheriff Miles Gillette
Marshall R. TeagueMarshall R. TeagueLieutenant Butler
Jane GreerJane GreerMa Traven
Harry Carey Jr.Harry Carey Jr.Pa Traven
Jeannetta ArnetteJeannetta ArnetteSouthern Belle
Kristina DavidRenfro Damsel
Ben FuhrmanDevol
Owen OrrOwen OrrFrank King

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