Conagher (1991) (TV)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Reynaldo Villalobos

Writers (WGA):

Louis L'Amour (novel)
Jeffrey M. Meyer (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

1 July 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Western

Tagline:

None tougher. None faster. None deadlier.

Plot:

Mrs. Evie Teale is struggling to stay alive while raising her two children alone on a remote homestead...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Sam Elliott	...	Conn Conagher
Katharine Ross	...	Evie Teale
Barry Corbin	...	Charlie McCloud, Stage Driver
Billy Green Bush	...	Jacob Teale
Ken Curtis	...	Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher
Paul Koslo	...	Kiowa Staples
Gavan O'Herlihy	...	Chris Mahler, Cowboy
James Parks	...	Curly
Daniel Quinn	...	Johnny McGivern
Pepe Serna	...	Casuse, Ladder Five Rider
Buck Taylor	...	Tile Coker, Ladder Five Rider
Dub Taylor	...	Station Agent
Cody Braun	...	Laban Teale
Anndi McAfee	...	Ruthie Teale
James Gammon	...	Smoke Parnell, Ladder Five Owner

Also Known As:

Louis L'Amour's Conagher

Runtime:

Germany:110 min | Netherlands:100 min | USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG | UK:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Buckskin Joe Frontier Town & Railway - 1193 Fremont County Road 3A, Canon City, Colorado, USA

Company:

Turner Network Television (TNT)

Quotes:

Smoke Parnell, Ladder Five Owner: Hell, you're so weak yu can hardly stand.
Conn Conagher: If you want to see how weak I am, try for your gun.
Smoke Parnell, Ladder Five Owner: No, you've got just enough sand left in ya to kill me.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997) (TV)

A Definite "Keeper' For Western Fans

This was a solid lower-key Louis L'Amour-written western, meaning a little bit less action than the normal film of its genre. The action scenes they did have in here were short, too.

This is mainly a movie with several stories weaved in it: 1 - Cowhands slowly being sifted out as the times change and they are no longer needed; 2 - traitors among the main group, men who go to a competing gang of rustlers; 3 - a story of a lonely widow who has to take care of two kids after he husband disappears (killed).

Katharine Ross is the mother ("Evie Teale") who turns cook at a lonely stagecoach stop that also is being eliminated. She is a good woman, and it's nice to see the female star of "Butch Cassidy And the Sundance Kid" still looking good out there is the prairie over 20 years later. Also refreshing to see was her young boy "Laban," one of the nicest, most respectful kids I've ever seen on film: the exact opposite of the many brats I've seen on film in the last quarter of the 20th century. Cody Braun was excellent as the son, and, that's the only movie role he ever played.

The man "Evie" eventually falls for is the hero of the film, "Conagher," played by Sam Elliott. If anyone in the modern era of films ever looked like he was born to play a cowboy, it has to be Elliott. He has the weathered looks and the voice that go perfectly with westerns.

Overall, this is another beautifully-photographed, nice story and a real "keeper" for those who love a good fim of this genre.