The Shadow Riders
After the Civil War, two brothers demobilized from the army return home and must rescue certain relatives who have been kidnapped by a band of renegade Confederates.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Released
- 1982
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1982
Storyline
After the Civil War, two brothers demobilized from the army return home and must rescue certain relatives who have been kidnapped by a band of renegade Confederates.
Top credits
Tom Selleck — Mac Traven
Sam Elliott — Dal Traven
Dominique Dunne — Sissy Traven
Ben Johnson — Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Did you know
• Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, and Jeff Osterhage wanted to do another western together after they did The Sacketts (1979). They contacted that film's writer, Louis L'Amour and asked him to write a story idea for them. This film was the result.
• Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross play boyfriend and girlfriend in this movie. They became husband and wife in real life, marrying on May 1, 1984.
• The locomotive pulling Holliday Hammond's train is Sierra Railroad No. 3. Built in 1891 and nicknamed the "movie star engine", No. 3 has been featured in numerous Westerns, most famously in Back to the Future Part III (1990).
User reviews
there's not a single intelligent line or moment in "The Shadow Riders", but it's an undeniably fun and entertaining Western nonetheless
Good Western
Why over-think?
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
