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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) –

  

  

  

WARNER’s SAM ELLIOTT WESTERN COLLECTION features Elliott in three of his best films.

SYNOPSES–

DESPERATE TRAIL– After years of physical abuse, the daughter-in-law (Fiorentino) of Marshal Bill Speakes (Elliott) kills her husband. She’s sentenced to hang but manages to escape with the aid of Jack Cooper (Sheffer). Marshal Speakes will do almost anything to bring her to justice and avenge his son’s death.

ROUGH RIDERS– Made-for-TV biopic about Teddy Roosevelt (Berenger) and the volunteer cavalrymen who in the Spanish-American War of 1898 charged up the heavily-defended San Juan Hill alongside him. Top-notch cast includes co-star Elliott as Capt. Bucky O’Neil.

YOU KNOW MY NAME– TV movie about real life cowboy and pioneering film director Bill Tilghman (Elliott). An ex-buffalo hunter and deputy of Wyatt Earp, Tilghman is intent on producing realistic westerns, but faces opposition when he favors unknowns for his pictures rather than established stars like Tom Mix. Tilghman also has to deal with a former lawman rival named Wiley (Howard), who makes constant trouble for him.

Also recommended:
In the 4-hour epic GETTYSBURG (1993), Elliott portrays Gen. John Buford. On July 1st, 1863, the heroic efforts of Buford’s two brigades of dismounted cavalrymen slowed Gen. Rob’t E. Lee’s advance on the town of Gettysburg, and made possible the victory that came two days later.

Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(6.0) The Desperate Trail (1995) – Sam Elliott/Craig Sheffer/Linda Fiorentino/Frank Whaley/John Furlong/Robin Westphal

(7.2) Rough Riders (TV-1997) – Tom Berenger/Sam Elliott/Gary Busey/Brad Johnson/Illeana Douglas/Chris Noth/Brian Keith/George Hamilton/R. Lee Ermey/William Katt

(6.1) You Know My Name (TV-1999) – Sam Elliott/Arliss Howard/Carolyn McCormack/James Gammon/R. Lee Ermey/James Parks

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B. Kimble “Betzblue” (Sumner County Tennessee) –

  

As a huge Sam Elliott fan, I have been waiting for a compilation of his work. This mini effort of Westerns is surely a great start.
With his rugged good looks ( No one wears a mustache like Sam), his swagger ( without being arrogant)and “that” voice….no matter what role he portrays, he’s going to shine. I liked him very much in the original “Quick & the Dead”, and as General Sam Houston. My personal favourite role, of course not a western, as Gar, in MASK with Cher. They had great chemistry on screen; so, of course, does his wife Katharine Ross ( but being female, I’d rather not see him with his wife).
I’d buy the compilation, if I didn’t already have them singular.

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