My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

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1991
1h 46m
6.1(9 votes)
Western

Overview

H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed -- the family farm has been abandoned, his old girlfriend Jolie is a now a widowed mother, and his sister Cheryl has put his father in a nursing home.

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The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Cast & Crew

34 members
Acting

Scott Glenn

H.D. Dalton

Scott Glenn
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Kate Capshaw

Jolie

Kate Capshaw
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Ben Johnson

Jesse Dalton

Ben Johnson
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Tess Harper

Cheryl

Tess Harper
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Gary Busey

Clint Hornby

Gary Busey
Acting

Balthazar Getty

Jud

Balthazar Getty
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Clarence Williams III

Deputy Sheriff Virgil

Clarence Williams III
Acting

Mickey Rooney

Junion

Mickey Rooney
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Cynthia Mackey

Ambulance Attendant

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Bill Clymer

Rodeo Announcer (voice)

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Directing

Benjamin Rosenberg

Gas Station Attendant

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Acting

Megan Parlen

Becky

Megan Parlen
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Jim Robnett

Guard at Bank

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Jennifer Johnson

Secretary

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Jan Hoag

Nurse

Jan Hoag
Acting

Dub Taylor

Gimme Cap

Dub Taylor
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Harold Suggs

Red Man

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Will Hussung

Galluses

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Dennis Fimple

Straw Hat

Dennis Fimple
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Clu Gulager

Dark Glasses

Clu Gulager
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James Terry McIlvain

Pool Player #1

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Robert Knott

Pool Player #2

Robert Knott
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David Honeycutt Hamilton

Band Singer

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Theresa Bell

Guest at Barbeque

Theresa Bell
Acting

Rex Linn

Guest at Barbeque

Rex Linn
Acting

Sarah Bratton

Girl at Fruit Stand

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Clem McSpadden

Bullmania Announcer

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Acting

Don Endsley

Bullmania Announcer

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Acting

Richard A. Buswell

Rodeo Fan (uncredited)

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Production

Payton Dunham

Photographer

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Acting

Brandon E. Jackson

Rodeo Fan (uncredited)

Brandon E. Jackson
Acting

Bryan Payne II

Rodeo Arena Personnel (uncredited)

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Acting

Kevin Rushing

Sheriff at the Rodeo (uncredited)

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Acting

Gary Sievers

Rodeo Fan (uncredited)

Gary Sievers

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