The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

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The Shadow Riders

"Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one."

1982

1h 36m

6.5(48 votes)

Western

TV Movie

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.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures Television

Videos & Trailers

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Cast & Crew

17 members

Acting

Tom Selleck

Mac Traven

Tom Selleck

Acting

Sam Elliott

Dal Traven

Sam Elliott

Acting

Ben Johnson

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Ben Johnson

Acting

Geoffrey Lewis

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

Geoffrey Lewis

Acting

Jeff Osterhage

Jesse Traven

No Image

Acting

Gene Evans

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Gene Evans

Acting

Katharine Ross

Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Katharine Ross

Acting

Dominique Dunne

Sissy Traven

Dominique Dunne

Acting

Scanlon Gail

Yankee Officer

Scanlon Gail

Acting

R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Miles Gillette

R.G. Armstrong

Acting

Marshall R. Teague

Lieutenant Butler

Marshall R. Teague

Acting

Jane Greer

Ma Traven

Jane Greer

Acting

Harry Carey, Jr.

Pa Traven

Harry Carey, Jr.

Acting

Jeannetta Arnette

Southern Belle

Jeannetta Arnette

Acting

Kristina David

Renfro Damsel

No Image

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Ben Fuhrman

Devol

No Image

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Owen Orr

Frank King

Owen Orr

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