The Long Riders (1980) Part 8

The Long Riders is a 1980 western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and Tim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Cooder won the Best Music award in 1980 from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for this soundtrack. The Long Riders is a partially fictionalized account of the James-Younger gang. The Long Riders is a notable film in part due to Hill's decision to cast four sets of actor brothers as the real-life sets of brothers: The Keaches: Jesse James (James) and Frank James (Stacy) The Carradines: Cole Younger (David), Jim Younger (Keith) and Bob Younger (Robert) The Quaids: Ed Miller (Dennis) and Clell Miller (Randy) The Guests: Charley Ford (Christopher) and Robert Ford (Nicholas)

Originally Jeff and Beau Bridges were to play the Ford brothers but they could not fit it in their schedules. The film also features an uncredited appearance by Ever Carradine, daughter of Robert Carradine and niece to David and Keith Carradine. Additionally James Keach's son, Kalen Keach, is cast as little Jesse James. Savannah Smith Boucher played Zee, or Jesse James' wife, Zerelda.

Factual Trivia:

The revolver Frank James threatens Rixley with and carries throughout the movie is a Smith-Wesson Schofield. In reality, Jesse carried a pair of Schofields while Frank preferred the heavier Remington New Army (the type of pistol shown carried by Cole Younger). After leaving prison, Frank James did a print testimonial for Remington referring to the Remington as 'the finest hand gun I ever carried'.
Although John Younger is portrayed as a cousin of the Youngers, he was a brother.
Edward Bunker who plays Chadwell in the Northfield bank robbery was actually, among many other things, a convicted bank robber.
Dennis Quaid broke his nose during the making of this film as he did three years later on Tough Enough (1983).

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Film & Animation

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• Long Riders
• Walter Hill
• Bill Bryden
• Steven Phillip Smith
• Stacy Keach
• James Keach
• David Carradine
• Robert Carradine
• Keith Carradine
• Dennis Quaid
• Randy Quaid
• Christopher Guest
• Nicholas Guest
• Savannah Smith Boucher
• Pamela Reed
• James Remar
• Kevin Brophy
• Harry Carey Jr.
• Shelby Leverton
• Felice Orlandi
• Fran Ryan
• James Whitmore Jr.
• Edward Bunker
• Amy Stryker
• Lin Shaye
• Chris Mulkey
• Ry Cooder
• Jesse James
• Cole Younger
• James-Younger
• Bank Robbery
• Civil War
• Confederate
• Guerilla
• knife fight
• Western

[BenBanjo87]

Who is the man standing beside the railway track in the final shot? Is it Ed Miller without his moustache? I can't make him out...

[thepirateboy81]

@BenBanjo87 I think thats the only time he's shown.

[austinissoawesome]

Who is the guy that takes his hat off when frank and the Pinkerton man go by

[wthjrtx1]

I love this movie..Closest we will come to authentic and historically true... I am a Southerner.."Unreconstructed" Grateful for my legacy.. I am related to two very famous Southerners. One from Missouri himself...Thanks for uploading and God Bless Dixie. See ya next round my friend!!

[belisariusorb]

Thanks for the great editing job, great movie tho' I preferred the Brad Pitt one.

Too bad about the music...

[turnup24837]

where's the song at the end?

[xNAJAFx]

@BenBanjo87

no it aint. hes proly a symbol of the supressed southern man post war.

[hank3rox]

Thank you for the upload. I haven't seen this for years & it was even better than I remembered it :-)

[kyhillboy1982]

he was a stranger who came to the funeral train to pay his respects to jesse. they say that hundreds of people paid respect to jesse this way

[BenBanjo87]

@thepirateboy81 You mean it's not a character from earlier in the film?