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The Quick and the Dead

 
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The Quick and the Dead

  • Director: Robert Day
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: Western
  • Movie Type: Traditional Western
  • Main Cast: Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Kenny Morrison, Matt Clark
  • Release Year: 1987
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 91 minutes

Plot

Based on a novel by Louis L'Amour, this made-for-HBO western stars Sam Elliott, an enigmatic gunslinger who comes to the aid of a family traveling through the wilderness. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Cast

Stacy Keach; Patrick Kilpatrick - The Ute; Jerry Potter - Red Hayle; Hardy Rawls - Joy; Larry Sellers - Running Wolf; Del Shores - Purdy Mantle; Billy Streater - Ike Mantle; Kurt Lott - Lenny Shabitt; R.L. Tolbert - Johnny Dobbs

Credit

Barbara Weiss - Costume Designer, Robert Day - Director, Steve Dorff - Composer (Music Score), Chester Kaczenski - Production Designer, Dick Bush - Cinematographer, James Lee Barrett - Screenwriter, Louis L'Amour - Short Story Author

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The Quick and the Dead
Directed by Robert Day
Produced by Phillip Cates
Written by Louis L'Amour (novel)
James Lee Barrett
Starring Sam Elliott
Tom Conti
Kate Capshaw
Kenny Morrison
Matt Clark
Music by Steven Dorff
Cinematography Dick Bush
Editing by Jay Freund
Studio HBO
Distributed by HBO
Release date(s) February 28, 1987
Running time 90 minutes
Country  United States
Language English

The Quick and the Dead is a 1987 television movie, based on the 1973 novel by Louis L'Amour, directed by Robert Day and starring Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Kenny Morrison and Matt Clark.

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Plot

The McKaskel family, newly arrived in 1876 Wyoming, get help by frontiersman Con Vallian to defend themselves against outlaws.

Cast

Production

Filming locations include Coconino National Forest, Kaibab National Forest, Wupatki National Monument and Sedona, Arizona.

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