The Quick and the Dead (TV 1987)A mysterious stranger rides into a homesteading family's life when they are attacked by a ruthless gang. Director:Robert Day |
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The Quick and the Dead (TV 1987)A mysterious stranger rides into a homesteading family's life when they are attacked by a ruthless gang. Director:Robert Day |
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| Sam Elliott | ... |
Con Vallian
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| Tom Conti | ... |
Duncan McKaskel
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| Kate Capshaw | ... |
Susanna McKaskel
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Kenny Morrison | ... |
Tom McKaskel
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| Matt Clark | ... |
Doc Shabitt
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| Patrick Kilpatrick | ... |
The Ute
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Jerry Potter | ... |
Red Hayle
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Billy Streater | ... |
Ike Mantle
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| Del Shores | ... |
Purdy Mantle
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| R.L. Tolbert | ... |
Johnny Dobbs
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Jeffrey Meyer | ... |
Butcher McCloud
(as Jeffrey M. Meyer)
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| Kurt D. Lott | ... |
Lenny Shabitt
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| Hardy Rawls | ... |
Joy the Blacksmith
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Larry Sellers | ... |
Running Wolf
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Bill Stedman | ... |
Bartender
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Duncan and Susanna McKaskel are a young married couple travelling to the West with their son, hoping to start a new life. Along the way, they stop in a small town where they meet a gang of bandits led by Doc Shabitt. After Duncan unintentionally angers the gang, he and Susanna flee the town, but Shabitt leads his men in pursuit of revenge. A mysterious stranger by the name of Con Vallian soon begins helping the family as they try to find a new home and protects them from Shabitt's gang. Written by John Hitchcock
This is one terrific western film. Sam Elliott, who is marvelous as a "Shane-like" character, plays a drifter who follows a family of green homesteaders across the western plains and protects them from a savage pack of outlaws. The family, which includes Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw, also becomes more sufficient as the story progresses. It's a lean, well-directed film, with not a scene or character wasted. Not until Unforgiven did a western film arrives as superior as this HBO production. The story is based on an entertaining L. Lamour novel of the same name. The novel has a significant plot twist from the film, which I won't reveal here.