LAST STAND AT SABER RIVER (Released to TNT Television channel USA 1997)

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.9|5.0 Starsììì

 Last Stand at Saber River—Tom Selleck—works at the suitable to good level of western films. Watch for a cast that includes Harry Carey Jr., David Carradine and his brother, Keith Carradine. Hayley Joel Osment  shows his strong acting potential as he acts as Selleck’s son. It presents the difficult challenges involved when reputation precedes an attempt to resettle and begin a new life. While the theme of the movie is not new, it is still watchable. 

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Storyline 

A Civil War warrior moves further west to establish a home with his family and a new beginning. 

Additional Thanks

 Thank you to Director Dick Lowry for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Michael Brandman and Tom Selleck for making the film possible. Cast includes Tom Selleck, Suzy Amis, Rachel Duncan, Haley Joel Osment, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Tracy Needham, Chris Stacy, Harry Carey Jr. Patrick Kilpatrick, Eugene Osment, Denis Forest, David Dukes, Lumi Cavazos.

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. The movie will satisfy both Tom Selleck and western movie fans quite well. 

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MONTE WALSH (Television Release USA 2003)

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì 

Monte Walsh—good story that features Tom Selleck—does not have anything in it that other western movies have not already included in a variety of storylines…like the effect barbed wire had on the demise of the cowboy or the rise of machines that would later be used to herd and track animals. The presentation and storyline, however, are quite good and the acting is outstanding. There are some sexual scenes in the movie, but not as graphic as other movies often portray. This movie will satisfy the western movie fan. 

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Storyline 

This western film is about: the last of the cowboys as corporations begin assuming control of larger ranches, the motor car begins assuming the role of main method of travel, and herding cows on open range is curbed with the establishment of property boundaries defined with barbed wire. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Simon Wincer for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producer Michael Brandman, and Tom Selleck, Co-Executive Producer Bobby Roberts and Producer Steven J. Brandman, for making the film possible. Cast includes: Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine, George Eads, Robert Carradine, Barry Corbin, James Gammon, Rex Linn, John Michael-Higgins, William Sanderson, Wallace Shawn, Marshall R. Teague, and Rick Ravenello. 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. This is an afternoon watch and a good one at that. It satisfies the western movie fan. 

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THE SHADOW RIDERS (Television Release USA 1982)

 Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.8|5.0 Starsììì 

Shadow Riders—action western—explores the abduction of human slaves that are ferried from the United States into Mexico during America’s old west period. Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott work their magic to tell a very solid, good story that completely appeals to western movie fandom. Watch for guest star, Ben Johnson. 

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Storyline 

A wagon, full of United States citizens, is on its way to slavery in Mexico and desperately needs someone who cares enough to save them from their plight. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Andrew V. McLaglen for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producer Jim Byrnes and Producers Dennis Durney and Verne Nobles for making the film possible. Cast includes: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Dominique Dunne, and Katharine Ross. 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. This film is a very good watch for the action-western fan and especially for fans of Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott. Good, solid entertainment that relies on a well-written script and good portrayal of that script. 

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