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The Long Riders (1980)

Directed by Walter Hill

Western

Overview

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

Rated R | Length 99 minutes

Actors

David Carradine | Keith Carradine | Robert Carradine | James Keach | Stacy Keach | Dennis Quaid | Randy Quaid | Kevin Brophy | Harry Carey, Jr. | Christopher Guest | Nicholas Guest | Shelby Leverington | Felice Orlandi | Pamela Reed | James Remar | Fran Ryan | Savannah Smith Boucher | Amy Stryker | James Whitmore Jr. | John Bottoms | West Buchanan | Edward Bunker | Martina Deignan | Allan Graf | Chris Mulkey | Thomas Myers | Marlise Karlin | Glenn Robards | Tim Rossovich | Lin Shaye | Gary Watkins | Peter Jason | Duke Stroud | Steven Chambers | William Traylor | J. Don Ferguson | Hugh McGraw | Prentiss Rowe | Stuart Mossman | Mitch Greenhill | Bill Bryson | Tom Sauber | Jim Medearis | Edgar McLeod | Luis Contreras | Kalen Keach | R.B. Thrift | Ry Cooder | George D. Miklos | Bill Rampley | Michael Lackey

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Ok, so it wasn’t quite as good as I remembered from when I was a young’un, but still a fucking fantastic neo western. The sound work and slow motion cinematography during the Northfield Minnesota raid made this an enduring epic in my young mind and it’s still as brilliant today as it was back then.

As a kid I never knew that two of my favorite films, The Warriors and The Long Riders, were directed by the same man, Walter Hill. A great man.

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