Four sets of brothers portray...four sets of brothers.
The Long Riders (1980)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:14
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: This violent Western follows four sets of brothers--the Youngers, the Jameses, the Millers, and the Fords--who band together for a crime spree across Missouri. Law enforcers, meanwhile, prove inept... This violent Western follows four sets of brothers--the Youngers, the Jameses, the Millers, and the Fords--who band together for a crime spree across Missouri. Law enforcers, meanwhile, prove inept in their attempts to apprehend the renegade cowboys, who are busy arguing among themselves. Director Walter Hill's film features four groups of real-life brothers--the Keaches, the Carradines, the Quaids, and the Guests. [More]
Starring: Stacy Keach, James Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine
Starring: Stacy Keach, James Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest
Director: Walter Hill
Director: Walter Hill
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Reviews for The Long Riders
Sacrificing investigations into the mentality behind America's most feared band of outlaws, Hill plumps for an evocation of time and place. He does a magnificent job.
The casting problems aside, this is a fairly solid, but not particularly extraordinary film.
It is an action film, an engaging one, and covers old ground with a contemporary style which never feels out of place.
Walter Hill's first Western is atmospheric and remarkably authentic by casting real-life thespian brothers as real-life outlaw brothers.
A so-so effort, with the gimmick of brothers playing brothers its only interesting aspect.
One of the more idiosyncratic James gang westerns but not necessarily one of the better ones.
A superb, nitty-gritty retelling of the story of the James-Younger gang.
What's ultimately missing is a definable point of view which would tie together the myriad events on display and fill in the blanks which Hill has imposed on the action by sapping it of emotional or historical meaning.
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