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The Sacketts

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 4h
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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The Sacketts (1979)
Western

After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.

  • Stars
    • Sam Elliott
    • Tom Selleck
    • Jeff Osterhage
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,858
    299
    • Stars
      • Sam Elliott
      • Tom Selleck
      • Jeff Osterhage
    • 20User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Sam Elliott
    Sam Elliott
    • Tell Sackett
    Tom Selleck
    Tom Selleck
    • Orrin Sackett
    Jeff Osterhage
    Jeff Osterhage
    • Tyrel Sackett
    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Tom Sunday
    Ben Johnson
    Ben Johnson
    • Cap Rountree
    Gilbert Roland
    Gilbert Roland
    • Don Luis
    John Vernon
    John Vernon
    • Jonathan Pritts
    Ruth Roman
    Ruth Roman
    • Rosie
    Jack Elam
    Jack Elam
    • Ira Bigelow
    Gene Evans
    Gene Evans
    • Benson Bigelow
    L.Q. Jones
    L.Q. Jones
    • Belden
    Paul Koslo
    Paul Koslo
    • Kid Newton
    Mercedes McCambridge
    Mercedes McCambridge
    • Ma Sackett
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Jack Bigelow
    Louis L'Amour
    Louis L'Amour
    • Self
    Buck Taylor
    Buck Taylor
    • Reed Carney
    Pat Buttram
    Pat Buttram
    • Tuthill
    Shug Fisher
    Shug Fisher
    • Purgatorie Barkeep
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    • Trivia
      Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, and Jeff Osterhage had such a good time doing this project together, they reunited on another Louis L'Amour story, The Shadow Riders (1982).
    • Goofs
      When Tom, Cap, Orrin, and Tyrel ride into Purgatorie, you can see a large telephone pole with modern transformers on it, in the background over the buildings.
    • Alternate versions
      A two-hour version of the this film played HBO in 1982 under the title of The Daybreakers.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Tom Selleck/Ray Charles/John McEnroe (1992)

    User reviews20

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    7/10
    Standard Western fare
    This is pretty much standard Western fare with a cattle drive, gold prospecting, town taming and gun play. Sam Elliot, Tom Selleck and Jeff Osterhage play the three Sackett brothers. The oldest one, Tell (Elliot) is the one looking for gold. In the meantime, the other two leave their home in Tennessee and head west, hooking up with a cattle drive. When the cattle are delivered, they head to racially divided Santa Fe to help a beautiful Mexican senorita whose family is threatened by a dishonest businessman.

    Much of the strength of this story lies in the supporting cast, including Western veterans Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, Slim Pickens and Gene Evans. Ford is Tom Sunday, ramrod of the cattle drive. He and the two younger Sacketts go into business together rounding up stray cattle before taking them to Santa Fe. Then Sunday's relationship with the Sackett boys begins to spiral downward, and when Orrin (Selleck) gets the sheriff job Sunday has his heart set on, a grudge develops that will not abate. Ben Johnson is a hoot as Cap Roundtree. He was going to join in the stray cattle venture, but when he meets up with Tell, his eyes light up with gold fever and off they go to the mountains. Elam, Pickens and Evans are the Bigelows. They aim to get revenge against Tell for the slaying of their brother and this leads to the final confrontation. Elam, with his long handlebar mustache and black garb, including gloves, looks especially menacing.

    The Sacketts is not the best Western to come along, but it is always a pleasure to watch those guys who appeared in so many of the bygone classics and have since passed on.
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    • Jun 28, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA(The town of Purgatory /exteriors - when Sacketts entering town after cattle drive. Some of the scenes on trip to Santa Fe.)
    • Production companies
      • Douglas Netter Productions
      • M.B. Scott Productions
      • Shalako Enterprises
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    • Runtime
      4 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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