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Feature film — 1982

The Shadow Riders (1982)

6.51h 36mWestern — TV Movie

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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A high-signal pick with 56 votes.

CBS Entertainment Productions / Columbia Pictures Television / The Pegasus Group

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Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

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Cast & crew

Tom Selleck as Mac Traven

Tom Selleck

Mac Traven

Sam Elliott as Dal Traven

Sam Elliott

Dal Traven

Ben Johnson as Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Ben Johnson

Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven

Geoffrey Lewis as Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

Geoffrey Lewis

Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader

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Jeff Osterhage

Jesse Traven

Gene Evans as Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Gene Evans

Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner

Katharine Ross as Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Katharine Ross

Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Dominique Dunne as Sissy Traven

Dominique Dunne

Sissy Traven

Scanlon Gail as Yankee Officer

Scanlon Gail

Yankee Officer

R.G. Armstrong as Sheriff Miles Gillette

R.G. Armstrong

Sheriff Miles Gillette

Marshall R. Teague as Lieutenant Butler

Marshall R. Teague

Lieutenant Butler

Jane Greer as Ma Traven

Jane Greer

Ma Traven

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