The Long Riders
1980

British Quad Condition: Folded Directed by: Walter Hill
Writing credits: Bill Bryden, Steven Phillip Smith, Stacy Keach, James Keach

Genre: Western

Tagline: "All the world likes an outlaw. For some damn reason they remember 'em." - Jesse James

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 brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of of revenge.

Movie Rating: 7.0/10

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 .... Carl Reddick
Pamela Reed .... Belle Starr
James Remar .... Sam Starr

TRIVIA:
Cameo: [Ry Cooder] the saloon singer. Cooder composed the soundtrack.

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 James brothers but they could not fit it in there schedules.

Although John Younger is portrayed as a cousin of the Youngers, he was a brother.

GOOFS:
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 Henry rifle. Presumably this came from the boot in his horse's saddle, but he has had barely a second in which to retrieve it.

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'.

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