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The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.

19826.51h 36m

Overview

After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home only to find their family in dire need and their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. They set out to rescue their family.

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Written by Louis L'Amour, Jim Byrnes
Produced by Dennis Durney
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Top Cast

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Mac Traven

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Dal Traven

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

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Jeff Osterhage

Jesse Traven

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Katharine Ross

Katharine Ross

Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Dominique Dunne

Dominique Dunne

Sissy Traven

Scanlon Gail

Scanlon Gail

Yankee Officer

R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Miles Gillette

Themes & Keywords

kidnappingconfederate raidersbrothers

About The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders is a western, tv movie film released in 1982 exploring themes of kidnapping, confederate raiders, brothers. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, it stars Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson. After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home only to find their family in dire need and their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. They set out to rescue their family.

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