Story Line
After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home only to find their family in dire need and their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. They set out to rescue their family.
“Sometimes you have to start a war to finish one.”
Top Cast
Tom Selleck
Mac Traven
Sam Elliott
Dal Traven
Ben Johnson
Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
Geoffrey Lewis
Major Cooper Ashbury, Comanchero Leader
Jeff Osterhage
Jesse Traven
Gene Evans
Colonel Holiday Hammond, Gunrunner
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Rating
6.5/ 10
Release Date
1982-09-28
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
WesternTV Movie
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John Chard
5/10
•1/2/2017The Traven Brothers.
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Wuchak
6/10
•3/11/2026**_Selleck and Sam Elliott as brothers chasing Confederate renegades_**
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