BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

SanteeFats Tom Sellack as Orrin Sackett (the learned one) and Sam Elliot as as the oldest brother Tell (the toughest one). Jeff Osterhage is a very pleasant surprise as the youngest brother, Tyrel, (good with a gun to say the least). Any movie with Tom Sellack and Sam Elliot in it is bound to be good in my opinion.I am really surprised by how closely the movie actually follows the book. It tracked the book very closely. Ben Johnson as the old timer is very good, but then he almost almost has been. The fact that he was first a champion rodeo star makes his roles even better. Glen Ford plays Tom Sunday and while he educates the three Sackett brothers he is destined to die by one of them. Not in this movie but later down the line. This is a very well done movie.

matchettja This is pretty much standard Western fare with a cattle drive, gold prospecting, town taming and gun play. Sam Elliot, Tom Selleck and Jeff Osterhage play the three Sackett brothers. The oldest one, Tell (Elliot) is the one looking for gold. In the meantime, the other two leave their home in Tennessee and head west, hooking up with a cattle drive. When the cattle are delivered, they head to racially divided Santa Fe to help a beautiful Mexican senorita whose family is threatened by a dishonest businessman.Much of the strength of this story lies in the supporting cast, including Western veterans Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, Slim Pickens and Gene Evans. Ford is Tom Sunday, ramrod of the cattle drive. He and the two younger Sacketts go into business together rounding up stray cattle before taking them to Santa Fe. Then Sunday's relationship with the Sackett boys begins to spiral downward, and when Orrin (Selleck) gets the sheriff job Sunday has his heart set on, a grudge develops that will not abate. Ben Johnson is a hoot as Cap Roundtree. He was going to join in the stray cattle venture, but when he meets up with Tell, his eyes light up with gold fever and off they go to the mountains. Elam, Pickens and Evans are the Bigelows. They aim to get revenge against Tell for the slaying of their brother and this leads to the final confrontation. Elam, with his long handlebar mustache and black garb, including gloves, looks especially menacing.The Sacketts is not the best Western to come along, but it is always a pleasure to watch those guys who appeared in so many of the bygone classics and have since passed on.

j-mschaffner This move was made in the late 1970's before TS achieved fame. So you may see a much slimmer and rougher actor than you may be used to. In my opinion, this is the greatest portrayal of Orrin and Tell Sackett to date. The screenplay remained true to the two novels from which it was taken ("The Daybreakers" and "Sackett"). The portrayal of the times was as authentic as we can hope for without having a camera running in the late 1800's. The supporting actors were so real you could smell the trail dust on them. The screen locations were exactly as I had pictured them in my mind when I read the novels. If you love Louis L'Amour novels and want to see the best that Hollywood has to offer, then take the time to watch this.

Sagebrush_Bob Funny, I like westerns but have never take the time to read a Louis L'Amour book. If this script is any indication, I don't see what all the fuss is about. While better than 99.9% of the fare on TV in the last decade, this is a definitely no-surprises made-for-TV movie, with the proper breaks in the proper places and everything wrapped up neat and tidy. *Way* too neat and tidy. Those expecting "Lonesome Dove" will be disappointed. Those expecting a few hours of Sam Elliot and Tom Selleck will be happy. Good sneering and facial quivering by Glenn Ford. Always love seeing Ben Johnson in anything. John Vernon always makes a good bad guy, but I would have appreciated seeing him get his towards the end. Being led off to jail wasn't enough. I also liked the bad guy in the bar, blonde, two guns which he (attempted to cross-draw)who Sam Elliot informed he'd have to kill and it would ruin his supper. Don't know the guy's name though.