The terrific supporting cast includes such notables as Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Gilbert Roland, Jack Elam and Slim Pickens. But trouble goes looking for them when they become embroiled in a land dispute between Mexicans and Anglos in Santa Fe. Three Tennessee brothers - Tell (Elliott), Orrin (Tom Selleck) and Jeff Sackett (Jeff Osterhage) - head West after the Civil War, hoping to make their fortune and, if they’re lucky, avoid trouble. 9)Įlliott is a standout in this leisurely paced but dramatically satisfying two-part miniseries based on two novels - The Daybreakers and Sackett - by the great Louis L’Amour. The action is fast and furious under the direction of veteran Western filmmaker Andrew V. Two brothers (Selleck, Elliott) break their rascally uncle (Johnson) out of prison to help them find their kidnapped siblings, who have been taken prisoner by a slave-trading ex-Confederate officer (Geoffrey Lewis). Three years after The Sacketts aired, Elliott reunited with Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage and Ben Johnson for a second (but unrelated) Louis L’Amour adaptation. INSP will present five films featuring one of our favorite cowboys this weekend.Ĭ&I reader favorite Sam Elliott will celebrate his 77 th birthday on Monday - and INSP is giving his fans an early present with a weekend marathon of his movies.
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