A maverick motorbike racer wanders into a top-secret time-travel research test site which unintentionally teleports him to the mid-1800s and ends up having to fight violent outlaws for his survival.
Ricky Whittle picks between new and old Hollywood to choose his favorite director, Disney song, and more.
Related News
-
Do You Remember the 1982 Time Travel Western Timerider: The Adventure Of Lyle Swann?
21 February 2019 | GeekTyrant -
A Brief History of the Weird West in Movies
01 August 2011 | Killer Films -
Greater Than: Cowboys and Dinosaurs Trumps 'Cowboys and Aliens'
29 July 2011 | Movies.com - Celebrity Gossip
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
1 win & 1 nomination.
See more awards »
Learn more
More Like This
Action
|
Adventure
|
Comedy
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Stars:
Fred Ward,
Joel Grey,
Wilford Brimley
H.O.T.S.
(1979)
Comedy
Director:
Gerald Seth Sindell
Stars:
Susan Kiger,
Lisa London,
Pamela Jean Bryant
Automan
(1983–1984)
Adventure
|
Comedy
|
Sci-Fi
Stars:
Desi Arnaz Jr.,
Chuck Wagner,
Heather McNair
The Philadelphia Experiment
(1984)
Adventure
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Stewart Raffill
Stars:
Michael Paré,
Nancy Allen,
Eric Christmas
City on Fire
(1987)
Action
|
Crime
|
Drama
Director:
Ringo Lam
Stars:
Yun-Fat Chow,
Yueh Sun,
Danny Lee
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Fred Ward | ... | Lyle Swann | |
| Belinda Bauer | ... | Claire Cygne | |
| Peter Coyote | ... | Porter Reese | |
| Richard Masur | ... | Claude Dorsett | |
| Tracey Walter | ... | Carl Dorsett | |
| Ed Lauter | ... | Padre | |
| L.Q. Jones | ... | Sheriff Ben Potter | |
| Chris Mulkey | ... | Daniels | |
| Macon McCalman | ... | Dr. Sam | |
 |
Jonathan Bahnks | ... | Jesse |
| Laurie O'Brien | ... | Terry | |
|
|
Susan Dear | ... | 2nd Technician |
| Bruce Gordon | ... | Earl | |
| Ben Zeller | ... | Jack Peoples | |
| William Dear | ... | 3rd Technician | |
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
See All (61) »
Storyline
Lyle, a motorcycle champion is traveling the Mexican desert, when he find himself in the action radius of a time machine. So he find himself one century back in the past between rapists, thiefs and murderers.... Written by Tognacci Sebastiano <seblog@maya.dei.unipd.it>
Plot Keywords:
motorcycle | cult film | backwards time travel | time travel | predestination paradox |Taglines:
Lyle Swann is a champion off-road racer. But to the people of 1877, he's something very, very different...Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 August 1983 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Timerider See more »Company Credits
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (DVD)Sound Mix:
DolbyColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Edit
Company Spokesperson: Ladies and gentlemen of the press, it is my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of International Computel Corporation to Project Timerider. Project Timerider is the 16th in our series of experiments in time travel, and today will be our first experiment with a live animal.
[murmurs in the audience]
Company Spokesperson: A live female Rhesus monkey named Esther G.
[some chuckles heard in the audience]
Company Spokesperson: This experiment, once again under the direction of Dr. Samuel Stellar, hopes to send Esther G. back in time ...
See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
It's yet to have a full uncut version released on DVD or even Blu-Ray. Every release has something cut or missing. See more »Goofs
After Reese shoots him dead, Jack is breathing noticeably as Claude and Carl frisk him for valuable possessions. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Company Spokesperson: Ladies and gentlemen of the press, it is my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of International Computel Corporation to Project Timerider. Project Timerider is the 16th in our series of experiments in time travel, and today will be our first experiment with a live animal.
[murmurs in the audience]
Company Spokesperson: A live female Rhesus monkey named Esther G.
[some chuckles heard in the audience]
Company Spokesperson: This experiment, once again under the direction of Dr. Samuel Stellar, hopes to send Esther G. back in time ...
See more »
Crazy Credits
Renaissance Man - Zorba See more »Alternate Versions
In the original theatrical release, Porter Reese was so distracted by the destruction of the motorcycle that he did not notice the approach of the helicopter's tail rotor until it was too late -- there was a scream, a splattering sound, and a shot of empty gore-drenched boots. For the DVD release, the shot was replaced with pickup shot of Reese crawling on the ground; the audio, however, was not changed. The original sequence is preserved in the laserdisc release. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.Contribute to This Page
See what movies and TV series you can watch for free today, and visit IMDb Freedive for even more. Select any poster below to play the movie!
Explore popular and recently added TV series available to stream now with Prime Video.
Some good ideas just get lost in the time/space continuum.
Look at "Timerider". Great idea (moto-cross racer Ward inadvertently rides through a time travel experiment that lands him back in the Old West, circa 1870), but once Ward comes upon an Old West town, that's where things kind of slow down to a crawl.
At least the cowboys are smart enough to realize something's wrong. A gang of cowboys shoot at a revving motorcycle, they think Ward in all his moto-cross gear is some kind of demon and no one knows what an Exxon station is. You'd think Ward would get the message, but no. He even gets to know a woman (Bauer) whom he doesn't understand his connected with until the very last scene.
Thank goodness for pros like Coyote, Masur, Lauter and Walter; they help keep things lively and interesting for a while. Even good old L.Q. Jones shows up as a Texas Ranger to add some spice to the proceedings.
I won't say too much more about the movie. Indeed, there are some scenes here that are best left experienced by the individual. But for the most part, being a veteran of the "Back to the Future" series, I was left wanting.
Who knows, Hollywood says they're running out of ideas for sequels....
Two stars. Nice try, but this "Timerider" stays lost in time.