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| Director: Reynaldo Villalobos
Actors: Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Barry Corbin, Billy Green Bush, Ken Curtis
Studio: Turner Home Ent
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 1468
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 6302182840
UPC: 053939608137
EAN: 9786302182842
ASIN: 6302182840
Theatrical Release Date: July 1, 1991
Release Date: November 11, 1998
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 50
 TALL IN THE SADDLE March 4, 2003
DAVID L. WOOD (ROCKSPRINGS TEXAS USA.)
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
IT APPEARS OUR ONLY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF GOOD WESTERNS LIES IN THE HANDS OF SAM ELLIOTT AND TOM SELLECK. I HOPE THEY DONT TIRE OF MAKING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH IDEALLY SUITED FOR THIS GENRE.
THIS IS A SIMPLE STORY AS ALL GOOD ONES ARE. CONAGHER IS AN OLD SCHOOL COWHAND LOYAL TO HIS EMPLOYER AND TO HIS OWN TRUE BLUE MORALITY.
HE SIGHNS ON TO RIDE FOR A SMALL RANCHER EXPERTLY PLAYED BY THE LATE KEN CURTIS. A COMPETING OUTFIT WANTS TO KILL THE OLD MAN AND STEAL HIS STOCK. CONAGHER WONT ALLOW IT AND GIVES THE RUSTLING COWBOYS A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE.
HE ALSO TAKES A SHINE TO A WIDOW WOMAN, MRS. TEAL PLAYED BY ELLIOTTS REAL LIFE WIFE KATHERINE ROSS. THE LONELY WIDOW WRITES HER THOUGHTS DOWN ON NOTES AND ATTATCHES THEM TO WANDERING TUMBLE WEEDS. CONAGHER FINDS SOME OF THEM, NOT KNOWING TEAL IS THE AUTHOR. CONAGHER HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HIS NOMADIC COWBOY LIFESTYLE OR TRUE LOVE AND FAMILY LIFE. ONLY HE FEELS UNFIT TO PURSUE THE LADY. LOUIS LAMOURS STORIES ALWAYS HAVE A MORAL THROWN IN AS ALL GOOD WESTERNS DO. ELLIOTTS CHARACTER STANDS HIS GROUND, RIDES FOR THE BRAND AND SHARES HIS PHILOSOPHY OF DOING 'THE RIGHT THING' TO YOUNGER TIN HORNS.
IN THE END HE WHIPS THE BAD GUYS,.... BUT DOES HE OPT FOR ROMANCE OR HIS WEATHERD WAY OF LIFE? HAVE TO SEE THE MOVIE TO FIND OUT. THE MUSIC IS GREAT IN THIS ONE. IT IS SWEET AND SIMPLE LIKE THE FILM ITSELF. ELLIOTT IS TODAYS QUINTESSENTIAL COWBOY AND SITS THE SADDLE WELL.
Top Notch Western! April 23, 2005
M. Considine (Southwest)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Outside of the Duke's "Big Jake", Conagher is my favorite western as it is done right. The country is beautiful and Sam Elliot and his beautiful wife Katherine Ross made this movie out of deep respect for Louie L'Amour. This film captures the loney life of ranchers and cowboys in the old west. This is also the last picture that Ken Curtis (Festus from Gunsmoke) ever made.
As mentioned in another review, the line "It's a hard country kid" is probably THE classic line of all cowboy movies.
One strange thing concerning the ending though, in the book Conagher finds the remains of Mr. Teal, along with the gold he was taking to buy cattle, and on the outside of the Conagher VHS box there is a picture of Conagher looking at the bones of Mr. Teal, but this scene never made the movie? That would have give more closure but I guess it was cut to fit in to a TNT time slot.
A Hard Life Portrayed Perfectly May 23, 2000
Harv (TX)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Much has been said by others about how perfect Sam Elliot is in the title role of Conagher, and I join them. Not since the late Ben Johnson has there been an actor so real and so accurate in his all-around "cowboy" portrayal. What a glorious interpretation of one of the very best westerns that Louis L'Amour ever wrote. The dirt floors, the rocky, backbreaking soil, the cramped bunkhouses, and the very real dangers from nature and from man that frontier men and women faced in their day are all here. And when the kid in the bunkhouse looks at Conagher and blurts out, "You're a hard man, Conager" and is answered with the prophetic words, "It's a hard country, kid" I cheer every time! That's exactly the message that L'Amour constantly conveyed throughout so many of his books--life was doggone hard, and it took a hard people, a "special breed" to get us to where we are today! This is an excellent depiction of a slice of the "real" west, and is a must-see for anyone just starting to get interested in the old west, or for those who may consider themselves experts and simply love an authentic western. Elliot, Katherine Ross, Barry Corbin, Ken Curtis and company are simply outstanding. Those responsible for casting and approving the actors and actresses in this masterpiece are to be commended as well. Watch this one and you'll smell the dust, feel the rain, heat, aches and pains, enjoy the few comforts that were available in those days, and learn to love the sound of the wind through the cedars! This is one of the very few occurrences where reading the book first will not make the movie a disappointment! It will prepare you for one of the best and authentic westerns ever put out. Hollywood needs to take a long, hard look at this gem and shape-up it's act! Louis would have been so very proud of this one!
Great movie, but... December 11, 2005
David J. Forsmark (Flushing, MI United States)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Talk about your no-frills dvd, nothing about the stars working together on bringing the movie to the screen nothing about, Louis L'Amour, nothing.
Worst of all, it looks NO better than the VHS, and not as good as it originally looked on TNT. This was a GREAT looking TV western, very nicely shot. It is great that some of the length was restored, however.
But, this is still Louis L'Amour's most realistic and emotionally powerful western story, and the movie captures that superbly. So, it's the right price and a great story, too bad some work wasn't put into the video transfer.
Conagher-The Best February 6, 2005
Louis T. Alford
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I happen to like all of Sam Elliott's movies, but this one is the best he has ever done!
Louis Alford
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