The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders (1982)

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.

Date of release
1982-09-28
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (56)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Western, TV Movie
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen

Casting

  • 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

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