The Shadow Riders (TV 1982)

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven... See full synopsis »

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers:

Louis L'Amour (novel), Jim Byrnes (written for television),

Stars:

Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 / Sister Katherine
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

Storyline

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

firing squad | brother brother relationship | chain gang | spur | stampede | 

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Genres:

Romance | Western

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Louis L'Amour's The Shadow Riders

Filming Locations:

Columbia State Historic Park - 22708 Broadway, Columbia, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Entertainment Production, Columbia Pictures Television, The Pegasus Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, and Jeff Osterhage wanted to do another western together after they did The Sacketts. They contacted "Sacketts" writer Louis L'Amour and asked him to write a story idea for them. This project was the result.

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Goofs

There's a blue cardboard drink carton above Mac's head on his parent's porch.

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Connections

Referenced in E! True Hollywood Story: Dominique Dunne: An American Tragedy (1997)

User Reviews

Way below par

One of the worst of the made-for-TV westerns, this cheap-looking production features slapdash direction (by the unremarkable Andrew V. McLaglen of THE UNDEFEATED fame), an often silly script, and poor production design. Not only that, but it's all dragged down by Jerrold Immel's horrendous score, which is one of the worst examples of "Mickey Mouse-ing" I've ever heard. An excellent cast, several of whom appeared in the earlier and more successful TV-movie THE SACKETTS (in which Immel's music was slightly better but still pretty awful) is woefully wasted here. I wanted to like this movie but found it very disappointing.