The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders (1982)

Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.

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.

star 6.5
  • Release Date: 1982-09-28
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

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  • Trailer

    Cast

    • Tom Selleck

      Mac Traven

    • Sam Elliott

      Dal Traven

    • Ben Johnson

      Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

    • Geoffrey Lewis

      Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

    • Jeff Osterhage

      Jesse Traven

    • Gene Evans

      Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

    • Katharine Ross

      Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

    • Dominique Dunne

      Sissy Traven

    • Scanlon Gail

      Yankee Officer

    • R.G. Armstrong

      Sheriff Miles Gillette

    • Marshall R. Teague

      Lieutenant Butler

    • Jane Greer

      Ma Traven

    • Harry Carey, Jr.

      Pa Traven

    • Jeannetta Arnette

      Southern Belle

    • Kristina David

      Renfro Damsel

    • Ben Fuhrman

      Devol

    • Owen Orr

      Frank King