The Shadow Riders | |
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Genre | Romance Western |
Based on | The Shadow Riders by Louis L'Amour |
Screenplay by | Jim Byrnes |
Directed by | Andrew V. McLaglen |
Starring | Tom Selleck Sam Elliott Dominique Dunne Katharine Ross |
Theme music composer | Jerrold Immel |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Jim Byrnes |
Producers | Dennis Durney Verne Nobles |
Cinematography | Jack Whitman |
Editor | Bud Friedgen |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Production companies | CBS Entertainment Production Columbia Pictures Television The Pegasus Group |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 28, 1982 |
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The Shadow Riders is a 1982 American Western television film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, and Katharine Ross. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour, the film is about two brothers who meet up after fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War and return home only to find their siblings kidnapped by ruthless raiders. Together they set out on an adventure to rescue their family. The film reunites actors Selleck, Elliot, and Jeff Osterhage, who also starred in the 1979 film The Sacketts. The Shadow Riders first aired in the United States on Tuesday, September 28, 1982.[1]