The Long Riders [Blu-ray]

Director: Walter Hill

Overview

Walter Hill's mythic western is an account of the Jesse James--Cole Younger gang's vicious spree of bank robberies and stagecoach hold-ups.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/07/2011
UPC:	0883904243052
Original Release:	1980
Rating:	R
Source:	MGM (VIDE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	20,365

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

David Carradine	Cole Younger,Jim Younger,Bob Younger
James Keach	Jesse James,Frank James,Actor
Dennis Quaid	Ed Miller,Clell Miller
Kevin Brophy	John Younger
Harry Carey Jr.	George Arthur
Christopher Guest	Charlie Ford,Bob Ford
Shelby Leverington	Annie Ralston
Felice Orlandi	Mr. Reddick
Pamela Reed	Belle Starr
James Remar	Sam Starr
Fran Ryan	Mrs. Samuel
Savannah Smith	Zee
Amy Stryker	Beth
James Whitmore Jr.	Mr. Rixley
John Bottoms	Mortician
West Buchanan	McCorkindale
Edward Bunker	Actor
Martina Deignan	Actor
Allan Graf	Actor
Chris Mulkey	Actor
Thomas Myers	Actor
Marlise Pieratt	Actor
Glenn Robards	Actor
Tim Rossovich	Actor
Lin Shaye	Actor
Gary Watkins	Actor
Peter Jason	Actor
Steve Chambers	Actor
Duke Stroud	Actor
William Traylor	Actor
J. Don Ferguson	Actor
Hugh McGraw	Actor
Prentiss Rowe	Actor
Stuart Mossman	Actor
Michael Lackey	Actor
Mitch Greenhill	Actor
Bill Bryson	Actor
Thomas J. Sauber	Actor
Jimmy Medearis	Actor
Edgar McLeod	Actor
Luis Contreras	Actor
R.B. Thrift	Actor
Savannah Boucher	Actor
Jane Kean	Actor
Ry Cooder	Composer

Technical Credits

Stacy Keach

Bill Bryden

Steven Smith

Walter Hill

Tim Zinnemann	Producer
Stacy Keach	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Producer,Producer
Bill Bryden	Screenwriter
Steven Smith	Screenwriter
Walter Hill	Screenwriter
James Webb	Sound/Sound Designer
Chris McLaughlin	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

A violent, bloody western that gleefully thumbs its nose at horse-opera conventions, The Long Riders adheres broadly to historical reality but is clearly the product of an anti-establishment, post-Vietnam mind-set. Fans of the Sam Peckinpah school of western filmmaking will enjoy the slow-motion shootouts and their gory consequences, although story values are sacrificed to make room for the action. The movie’s principal point of interest is its casting of real-life siblings as famous outlaws: David, Keith, and Robert Carradine as Cole, Jim, and Bob Younger respectively; Stacy and James Keach as Frank and Jesse James; Dennis and Randy Quaid as Ed and Clell Miller; and Christopher and Nicholas Guest as Charlie and Bob Ford. Pamela Reed costars as the spunky Belle Starr. Director Walter Hill (Wild Bill) pays scrupulous attention to authentic period set design, costuming, and weaponry but, in the contemporary manner, justifies the desperadoes' depredations as nigh-inevitable lifestyle choices forced upon them by post-Civil War upheavals. Dubious motivations aside, the bandit brothers are portrayed as colorful characters, and their brutal exploits are dramatized in vivid fashion.