Last Stand at Saber River

Jan 19, 1997

1h 36m

★ 6.3

Overview

As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona homestead from rebel pioneers who sympathize with the Union war effort.

Genres

Action

Drama

TV Movie

Western

Production Companies

TWS Productions II

Turner Network Television

Last Stand at Saber River Trailers

Cast

Paul Cable

Tom Selleck

Martha Cable

Suzy Amis

Clare Cable

Rachel Duncan

Davis Cable

Haley Joel Osment

Vern Kidston

Keith Carradine

Duane Kidston

David Carradine

Lorraine Kidston

Tracey Needham

Chris

Chris Stacy

James Sanford

Harry Carey, Jr.

Austin Dodd

Patrick Kilpatrick

Wynn Dodd

Eugene Osment

Cornet

Denis Forest

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