Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Richard Farnsworth | ... | Bill Miner | |
Jackie Burroughs | ... | Kate Flynn | |
Ken Pogue | ... | Jack Budd | |
Wayne Robson | ... | Shorty Dunn | |
Timothy Webber | ... | Sergeant Fernie | |
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Gary Reineke | ... | Detective Seavey |
David Petersen | ... | Louis Colquhoun | |
Don MacKay | ... | Al Sims (as Don Mackay) | |
Samantha Langevin | ... | Jenny | |
Tom Heaton | ... | Tom | |
Jim McLarty | ... | Accomplice (as James McLarty) | |
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George Dawson | ... | Accomplice |
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Ray Michal | ... | Gunsmith |
Stephen E. Miller | ... | Danny Young | |
David L. Crowley | ... | Oregon Train Crew - Engineer |
Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison, a genial and charming old man. He goes to Washington to live and work with his sister's family. But the world has changed much while he has been away, and he just can't adjust. So he goes to Canada and returns to the only thing familiar to him -- robbery (with stagecoaches changed to trains). Written by Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>
Bill Miner, the "Gentleman Robber" robbed stages and trains from Arizona to British Columbia. This is a beautifully photographed and lyrical telling of his later career, fighting the law and the law winning.... for a while at least. Richard Farnsworth handed in a great and totally credible performance as the laid back but cunning Miner and his love affair with most interesting woman in Kamloops. All the characters are the real thing... no Hollywood veneer here. Great pace and photography- get it with John Sayles' Matewan and have an authentic trip back into time. Its' a pity that Phillip Borsos didn't live long enough to put out a few more of these.