The Shadow Riders

Sep 28, 1982

1h 36m

★ 6.5

Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.

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.

Genres

Western

TV Movie

Production Companies

CBS Entertainment Productions

Columbia Pictures Television

The Pegasus Group

The Shadow Riders Trailers

Cast

Mac Traven

Tom Selleck

Dal Traven

Sam Elliott

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Ben Johnson

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

Geoffrey Lewis

Jesse Traven

Jeff Osterhage

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Gene Evans

Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Katharine Ross

Sissy Traven

Dominique Dunne

Yankee Officer

Scanlon Gail

Sheriff Miles Gillette

R.G. Armstrong

Lieutenant Butler

Marshall R. Teague

Ma Traven

Jane Greer

Grace, an aspiring model, is thrilled to have fashion photographer Hunter Kelly help launch her career. But when Grace is held against her will, Hunter’s true intention to use her as his next “star” on a sexy website is revealed. With courage and resourcefulness, Grace must now find a way to escape before she becomes Hunter’s next model murder victim. Inspired by true events.

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