WesternTV Movie

The Shadow Riders

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

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.

Release Date : 1982-09-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : CBS Entertainment ProductionsColumbia Pictures TelevisionThe Pegasus Group

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mac Traven

Original Name : Tom Selleck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dal Traven

Original Name : Sam Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Original Name : Ben Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

Original Name : Geoffrey Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesse Traven

Original Name : Jeff Osterhage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Original Name : Gene Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Original Name : Katharine Ross

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sissy Traven

Original Name : Dominique Dunne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yankee Officer

Original Name : Scanlon Gail

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Miles Gillette

Original Name : R.G. Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Butler

Original Name : Marshall R. Teague

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ma Traven

Original Name : Jane Greer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pa Traven

Original Name : Harry Carey, Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Southern Belle

Original Name : Jeannetta Arnette

Gender : Female

Character Name : Renfro Damsel

Original Name : Kristina David

Gender : Male

Character Name : Devol

Original Name : Ben Fuhrman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank King

Original Name : Owen Orr

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The Traven Brothers. The Shadow Riders is directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and adapted to screenplay by Jim Byrnes from the novel written by Louis L'Amour. It stars Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Dominique Dunne, Ben Johnson and Geoffrey Lewis. Music is by Jerrold Immel and cinematography by Jack Whitman. A CBS TV production, The Shadow Riders has Selleck (Mac Traven) and Elliott (Dal Traven) as brothers, who even though they fought on different sides in the Civil War, there fondness for each other still exists. With the war now officially ended, the brothers meet up and head for the family home, here they find their parents telling of how their sisters and Dal's girlfriend Kate (Ross) have been abducted by Renegade Rebels. The men promptly set off in search of their loved ones... It's all very much standard stuff, both in plot telling and production values. Exuding very much a family feel, it's a disappointingly bloodless and sexless picture, with some cliché'd dialogue, poor musical accompaniments to certain scenes (tonally way off) and filler sequences thrown in for good measure. That said, it's very much a harmless piece, with the two male leads good company to share some time with, while Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. offer up a welcoming presence. Location scenery is also well photographed, keeping things airy, and ultimately it's a decent enough time waster for Western fans not expecting an under seen gem. 6/10