"All the world likes an outlaw. For some damn reason they remember 'em." - Jesse James
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.
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Grave, earnest, epic and bleak.
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- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Jul 20268/10
***Realistic, Grim, Mature, Modern Western (actually an Eastern)*** Walter Hill's "The Long Riders" is about the James-Younger Gang, former Confederate bushwhackers in Missouri during the Civil War who kept on fighting after the conflict. The movie details the events over the next sixteen years during which the gang robbed banks, trains, and stagecoaches in Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, West Virginia and Minnesota. The ill-fated Northfield, Minnesota, bank robbery on the first day of hunting season September 7, 1876, is depicted in the second half, as well as the fact that Jesse started a new gang by 1879, which carried on the criminal legacy in Alabama, Missouri, Louisiana and Mississippi. The film climaxes by showing how things ended for Jesse and Frank in 1882. \ \ There are some inaccuracies; for instance, Jesse James wasn't as wooden as James Keach portrays him, Belle Starr wasn't a prostitute, although her daughter Pearl was, and there's no record of a fight between Cole Younger and Sam Starr. Nevertheless, Hill gets the gist of the story right and he James-Younger guys are not painted as a bunch of good-guy Robin Hoods, but rather as outlaws who steal &
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Cast
- David CarradineCole Younger
- Keith CarradineJim Younger
- Robert CarradineBob Younger
- James KeachJesse James
- Stacy KeachFrank James
- Dennis QuaidEd Miller
- Randy QuaidClell Miller
- Kevin BrophyJohn Younger
- Harry Carey Jr.George Arthur
- Christopher GuestCharlie Ford
Crew
- Walter HillDirector
- Steven Philip SmithWriter
- James KeachWriter
- Stacy KeachWriter
- Ric WaiteDirector of Photography
- Ry CooderOriginal Music Composer
- David HoldenEditor
- Freeman A. DaviesEditor
- Tim ZinnemannProducer
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