The Long Riders (1980)

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  • THE LONG RIDERS


    DIRECTED BY WALTER HILL
    PRODUCED BY JAMES & STACY KEACH/ TIM ZIMMERMAN
    HUKA PRODUCTIONS
    UNITED ARTISTS


    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang
    is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brother
    s who begin their legendary bank raids because of of revenge.
    Written by Keith Loh


    Full Cast
    David Carradine ... Cole Younger
    Keith Carradine ... Jim Younger
    Robert Carradine ... Bob Younger
    James Keach ... Jesse James
    Stacy Keach ... Frank James
    Dennis Quaid ... Ed Miller
    Randy Quaid ... Clell Miller
    Kevin Brophy ... John Younger
    Harry Carey Jr. ... George Arthur
    Christopher Guest ... Charlie Ford
    Nicholas Guest ... Bob Ford
    Shelby Leverington ... Annie Ralston
    Felice Orlandi ... Mr. Reddick
    Pamela Reed ... Belle Starr
    James Remar ... Sam Starr
    Fran Ryan ... Mrs. Samuel
    Savannah Smith Boucher ... Zee (as Savannah Smith)
    Amy Stryker ... Beth
    James Whitmore Jr. ... Mr. Rixley
    John Bottoms ... Mortician
    West Buchanan ... McCorkindale
    Edward Bunker ... Chadwell
    Martina Deignan ... Shirley Biggs
    Allan Graf ... Bank Customer Graf
    Chris Mulkey ... Vernon Biggs
    Thomas Myers ... Gallatin Bank Cashier (as Thomas R. Myers)
    Marlise Pierrat ... Wilhelmina (as Marlise Pieratt)
    Glenn Robards ... Doctor
    Tim Rossovich ... Pitts
    Lin Shaye ... Kate
    Gary Watkins ... Bank Teller Heywood
    Peter Jason ... Pinkerton
    Duke Stroud ... Pinkerton
    Steven Chambers ... Pinkerton (as Steve Chambers)
    William Traylor ... Pinkerton
    J. Don Ferguson ... Preacher
    Hugh McGraw ... Singer
    Prentiss Rowe ... Sheriff Rowe (as Prentiss E. Rowe)
    Stuart Mossman ... Engineer
    Michael Lackey ... Gustavson
    Mitch Greenhill ... Guitarist
    Bill Bryson ... Banjo Player
    Tom Sauber ... Fiddle Player
    Jimmy Medearis ... Farmer
    Edgar McLeod ... Photographer
    Luis Contreras ... Man at the Bar
    Kalen Keach ... Little Jesse
    R.B. Thrift ... Archie
    John Carradine ... (scenes deleted)
    Ry Cooder ... Musician (uncredited)
    George Miklos ... Clogger #1 (uncredited)
    Bill Rampley ... Cowboy / Posse (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Bill Bryden (written by) &
    Steven Smith (written by) (as Steven Phillip Smith) &
    Stacy Keach (written by) (as Stacy) &
    James Keach (written by)
    Walter Hill uncredited


    Original Music
    Ry Cooder


    Cinematography
    Ric Waite


    Trivia
    Stuart Mossman, who played the "Engineer," was a renowned guitar maker and friend
    of the three Carradine brothers, who all owned Mossman guitars.


    The film stars four sets of actual brothers: the Carradines, the Keachs, the Quaids and the Guests.


    Originally Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges were going to play the Ford brothers
    but they could not fit it in their schedules.


    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.


    The gentleman bothering Cole Younger (David Carradine) outside the bank
    just before the shootout is speaking Swedish.
    He asks (in Swedish) if he can buy Cole's horse, and is refused.
    After being refused the Swede replies, "A shame. It's a beautiful horse".


    The roles of Jesse James and his son, little Jesse, are played by father and son, James and Kalen Keach.


    Dennis Quaid broke his nose during the making of this film as he did three years later on Tough Enough.


    Cameo
    Bill Bryden: the saloon singer. Bryden co-wrote the script.


    Goofs
    Anachronisms
    The James gang is seen sitting for a portrait sometime before the Northfield raid in 1876.
    The photographer uses flash powder, which was not invented until the late 1880s.


    In some of the shots where there are horses pulling a wagon, it is clear that the trails
    they are on were made by modern vehicles. Clearly if they were wagon trails,
    the wheel lanes would be smaller and the center of the trail would be torn and scattered from horse's hooves.


    The song "I'm a Good Ole Rebel", sung in the saloon scene, was not written until 1918.


    The guitarist in the bordello is asked to sing "I'm a good ole rebel". The song was only copyrighted in 1915.
    Although it is possible that it was known in the period portrayed (early 1870s),
    it is unlikely that it would be so widely known that the performer would have been able to play it from memory.
    If so, it would beg the question why the author had not copyrighted.


    Continuity
    When Bob Younger is thrown from his horse in Northfield, Minnesota, and in the next two shots of him
    as he struggles to his feet under fire, he is holding a revolver in each hand.
    When the shot next cuts to him, he is frantically working and firing a Winchester 1866 (Yellow-boy) rifle.
    Presumably this came from the boot in his horse's saddle, but he has had barely a second in which to retrieve it.


    During the Northfield bank robbery, when the bank customer is shot running out the door to warn the town,
    he is shot in the back and blood splatters on the glass of the door. In subsequent shots
    of the door the blood splatter disappears.


    When Belle is shooting up the bar, the gun appears first in one hand, then in another,
    though we never see her changing the gun from hand to hand.


    Crew or equipment visible
    During the train robbery, when Jesse kicks open the door to the passenger car, shot from inside,
    a stage light is clearly visible behind him (above his right shoulder).


    Errors in geography
    Modern day power lines visible in the scenes shot in Georgia.


    Factual errors
    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'.


    Revealing mistakes
    During the Northfield raid, when the steam engine came up the street, the tracks from the flat wheels
    and the heavy weight could be clearly seen in the dirt of the street, but on the next scene as the riders
    were coming up the street, there were no tracks visible.


    In the Northfield raid Jesse fires his pistol at a bank employee, and hits him right in the forehead,
    and the man is shown to have a wound there, just as it should have, but also,
    the viewer sees a splash of blood, roughly six inches, diametrically. Highly unlikely, with most any handgun
    that blood would be blasted out of the man's head like that, although the bullet might make it all the way through his head.
    Now, if this had been a frangible bullet, this could happen, but dum-dum bullets hadn't been invented then anyway.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    California, USA
    Georgia, USA
    Northern California, California, USA
    Parrott, Georgia, USA
    Rusk, Texas, USA
    Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA
    Texas, USA
    Tuolumne County, California, USA
    Westville, Georgia, USA


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 5 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • 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 film was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.


    Loook out for
    Harry Carey Jr. as George Arthur



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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Edward Bunker, who played Bill Chadwell, also played an armed robber in Quentin Tarantinos, Reservoir Dogs. He was Mr. Blue.


    Also, this is my one of my wifes favorite movies ever.