The Shadow Riders
“Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.”
Synopsis
After starring in *The Sacketts*, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again, this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a film based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. The brothers reunite at the end of the Civil War, having fought on opposite sides. They return home to find their family in desperate straits, with their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. Determined to save them, the brothers set out on a mission to rescue their loved ones.
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Principal cast & crew: 21
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Edited by Bud FriedgenShot by Jack WhitmanScored by Jerrold ImmelDesigned by Jack De Shields
Also known as
- Die Schattenreiterde
- Shadow Riders - Im Schatten der Sklavende
- Ombre a cavalloit
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Cast & Crew
21 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tom Selleck
as Mac Traven
Sam Elliott
as Dal Traven
Dominique Dunne
as Sissy Traven
Ben Johnson
as Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Scanlon Gail
as Yankee Officer
Ben Johnson Nm0424565
as Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Geoffrey Lewis
as Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader
Jeff Osterhage
as Jesse Traven
Gene Evans
as Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
Katharine Ross
as Kate Connery
R G Armstrong
as Sheriff Miles Gillette
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1Writers
2Producers
2Other crew
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