The Long Riders (1980)

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Written by Bill Bryden, Steven Smith

Directed by Walter Hill

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1980

Rating: 18 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

This tough, uncompromising and violent Western, released in 1980, features a clever casting trick, has shades of The Wild Bunch with its flashbacks and gory, slo-mo shots, and a terrific soundtrack by Ry Cooder.

Directed by Walter Hill, four sets of brothers play four sets of brothers in the film. So that's David Carradine, Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine as the Younger brothers; James Keach and Stacy Keach as the James boys, Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid as the Miller boys, and Christopher Guest and Nicholas Guest as the Ford brothers.

And it works, often brilliantly. The plot depicts the lives of the James-Younger gang, including in gory detail their infamous - and disastrous - 1876 bank raid in Northfield, Minnesota.

Highly recommended.

Cast

David CarradineCole Younger
Image for Keith CarradineKeith CarradineJim Younger
Robert CarradineBob Younger
James KeachJesse James
Image for Stacy KeachStacy KeachFrank James
Image for Dennis QuaidDennis QuaidEd Miller
Image for Randy QuaidRandy QuaidClell Miller
Kevin BrophyJohn Younger
Harry Carey Jr.George Arthur
Christopher GuestCharlie Ford
Nicholas GuestBob Ford
Shelby LeveringtonAnnie Ralston
Felice OrlandiCarl Reddick
Pamela ReedBelle Starr
Image for James RemarJames RemarSam Starr

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