The Shadow Riders

Year: 1982

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: English

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

TV MovieWestern

After reuniting from “The Sacketts”, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott portray brothers Mac and Dal Traven in this Louis L’Amour adaptation. The siblings meet at the close of the Civil War, having fought on opposite sides, and return home to discover their family in crisis. With their sisters and brother abducted by ruthless raiders, the brothers embark on a peril‑filled quest to rescue them.

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