"Concrete Cowboys" Concrete Cowboys (1979)

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writer:

Jimmy Sangster (writer)
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TV Series:

"Concrete Cowboys" (1979)

Original Air Date:

17 October 1979 (Season 1, Episode 0)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark...

Plot Keywords:

Country

Cast

Jerry Reed	...	J.D. Reed
Tom Selleck	...	Will Eubanks
Morgan Fairchild	...	Kate / Carla
Claude Akins	...	Woody Stone
Roy Acuff	...	Himself
Barbara Mandrell	...	Herself
Ray Stevens	...	Himself
Lucille Benson	...	Peg the Madam
Gene Evans	...	Lt. Blocker
Randy Powell	...	Lonnie Grimes (as Randolph Powell)
Red West	...	Sheriff
Grace Zabriskie	...	Mrs. Barnaby
Bob Hannah	...	Mr. Barnaby (Wax Museum)
Joseph Burke	...	Hatcheck, Casino owner
Seidina Reed	...	Singer on Cumberland Queen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerry Campbell	...	Peterson (uncredited)
Robin Jo Coleman	...	Hotel guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Burt Kennedy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eugene Price		uncredited
Jimmy Sangster		writer

Produced by
Ernie Frankel	....	executive producer
Richard Newton	....	producer

Cinematography by
Alan Stensvold		(director of photography)
Vincent Saizis		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Art Seid

Casting by
Carole Cherry

Art Direction by
James Martin Bachman		(as James-Martin Bachman)

Makeup Department
Tom Miller	....	makeup artist
Jan Nichols-Smith	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Willard W. Goodman	....	production manager (as Willard Goodman)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Magwood	....	second assistant director (as Paul C. Magwood)
Ray Marsh	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dominick Bruno	....	property master (as Dominick J. Bruno)
Jaroslav Gebr	....	paintings

Sound Department
Gary Cunningham	....	sound mixer
Jack C. May	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Bob Shelley	....	special effects

Stunts
William T. Lane	....	stunt coordinator (as Bill Lane)
Larry Holt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted White	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessandro Bodrero	....	camera operator
Allen J. Pettebone	....	gaffer
John Sprague	....	camera operator: second unit
Bob Sturm	....	assistant chief lighting technician (uncredited)
Jeff Wolf	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dorothy Barkley	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Mark Stevens	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Earle Hagen	....	musical director
Ken Johnson	....	music editor
Jerry Reed	....	composer: song "Breakin Loose"
Jerry Reed	....	song producer
Chip Young	....	song producer
Daniel J. Johnson	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Joe Benet	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Melody Greene	....	script supervisor (as Melady Greene)
David Meyer	....	production aide
Debra Spiegal	....	production assistant
Renina Spiegel	....	production coordinator
Ilene Trube	....	location manager
Seymour Yack	....	controller

Production Companies

• Frankel Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Beverly Wilshire Filmworks (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Brentwood Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• TGG Direct (????) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals (as Howard A. Anderson Company)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Union Station, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Company:

Frankel Productions

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Concrete Cowboys" (1979)

Soundtrack:

Breakin' Loose

Gem of a Film

Always enjoy Tom Selleck, (Will Cubanks) films and in this picture he plays a rather low key person who loves studying a dictionary and was a former ex-cowboy who has a good friend and sidekick, J D Reed, (Jerry Reed). These two guys decide to travel to Hollywood and they wind up in a freight car which takes them to Nashville, Tenn. where they meet up with many Country Western Music Stars, like Claude Akins, Barbara Mandrell and Roy Acuff which are all cameos. However, Barbara Mandrell had a few lines more than the rest of her other actors. There is plenty of humor and slapstick and Morgan Fairchild, (Kate) gives a great supporting role and also a double role to perfection. If you like to see a very young Tom Selleck, you will enjoy a completely different acting by Tom. Enjoy.