TV MovieWestern

Conagher

- None tougher. None faster. None deadlier.

Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead. Conn Conagher is an honest, hardworking cowboy. Their lives are intertwined as they fight the elements, indians, outlaws, and loneliness.

Release Date : 1991-07-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Turner Pictures (I)Imagine EntertainmentTurner Network Television

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Conn Conagher

Original Name : Sam Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Evie Teale

Original Name : Katharine Ross

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver

Original Name : Barry Corbin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacob Teale

Original Name : Billy Green Bush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher

Original Name : Ken Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kiowa Staples

Original Name : Paul Koslo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chris Mahler, Cowboy

Original Name : Gavan O'Herlihy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curly

Original Name : James Parks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny McGivern

Original Name : Daniel Quinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laban Teale

Original Name : Cody Braun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ruthie Teale

Original Name : Anndi McAfee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Beaver Sampson

Original Name : Jeffrey M. Meyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Apache Indian Brave

Original Name : Peter P. Oliver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marshal

Original Name : Craig Pinkard

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Pepe Serna

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Buck Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Dub Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : James Gammon

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Richard Jury

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Archie Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Adam Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : R.L. Tolbert

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Furlong

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Kate Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ted White

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

Real-life Western with Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross RELEASED TO TV IN 1991 and directed by Reynaldo Villalobos, "Conagher" stars Sam Elliott as taciturn noble cowboy, Conn Conagher, who contends with rustlers (Gavan O'Herlihy, et al.) while concerned about a struggling widow raising her two kids on a remote homestead (Katharine Ross). Although this was a Turner production (TNT), it doesn’t seem like a TV movie and harkened the realistic Westerns that were to come, including TV Westerns like “Monte Walsh” (2003) and TV shows like Hell on Wheels. Of course realistic Westerns which illustrated the hard, mundane life of people in the Old West weren’t anything new, as witnessed by movies like “Shane” (1953), “Will Penny” (1967), “Hombre” (1967) and “Bad Company” (1972), but there’s something about “Conagher” that especially smacks of the way it really was, which is akin to “Son of the Morning Star,” released earlier the same year. The quaint, mundane score helps in achieving this tone. While the music doesn’t trip my trigger, as it’s just too humdrum, it fits the feel of the film. For those not in the know, Elliott and Ross have been married since 1984, which probably helped with the palpable “love at first sight” element. Speaking of which, whilst this is a realistic Western about the many challenges of life in the Old West (sudden death, loneliness, hard outdoor work, the elements, Indian threats, corruption, outlaws, gunfights, etc.), there’s a romantic component with Evie Teale (Ross) attaching snippets of poetry to tumbleweeds that Conn inevitably finds (unbeknownst to Evie). THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 34 minutes and was shot mostly in Arizona, but also Colorado (Buckskin Joe Frontier Town & Railway). WRITERS: Louis L'Amour (novel) and Jeffrey M. Meyer (teleplay) with additional dialogue by Elliott and Ross. GRADE: B