The Long Riders

The Long Riders

By Walter Hill

  • Genre: Western
  • Release Date: 1980-05-16
  • Advisory Rating: 18
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Director: Walter Hill
  • Production Company: United Artists
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: GBP 8.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: GBP 3.49
6.7/10
6.7
From 249 Ratings

Description

The Keachs, the Carradines, the Quaids and the Guests take on the roles of the James, Young, Miller, and Ford brothers in Walter Hill's mythic retelling of the James-Younger outlaw legend. The film begins as outlaws are robbing a bank. After the robbery Ed Miller (Dennis Quaid) finds himself kicked out of the gang when his brothers Clell (Randy Quaid) and Jesse James (James Keach) mutually agree to hand over his share of the money and tell him to leave because of his unnecessary killing during the robbery. The rest of the gang decides to split up for awhile. Cole Younger (David Carradine) travels to Texas with his prostitute girlfriend Belle Starr (Pamela Reed) while the James boys return to their wives and farms. The gang reunites after the brief respite to rob a well-stocked bank in Northfield, Minnesota. The robbery is a disaster and most of the gang ends up either wounded or dying. The James boys are the only ones not seriously hurt, and escaping while they can, they leave the rest of the gang behind. After the James boys leave, the remnants of the gang are captured. But trailing the Jameses is a relentless posse. Frank and Jesse manage to keep one step ahead until the Ford brothers (Christopher Guest and Nicholas Guest) make a deal with the Pinkerton detectives trailing the outlaws.

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  • Superb Film

    5
    By Pangie
    This is a stylish Western with a fantastic cast and a great soundtrack. Its not your typical western but thats a good thing. All sets of brothers are well cast and the look and feel of the movie is spot on. Enjoy this, you wont be dissapointed.
  • dont make em like that no more

    5
    By bloody Bill Anderson
    A brilliant performance by all the brothers, David Carradine was fantastic the sound track by Ry Cooder is pure class, have seen the film countless times and enjoy it more each time see you in missoura boys
  • Long riders

    5
    By DES in Ireland
    This is a great film with three sets of brothers playing great roles . You will not be disapointed !

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