Conagher
- TV Movie
- 1991
- 1h 34m
A tough cowboy facing some trouble crosses paths with a lonely woman living in the middle of nowhere.A tough cowboy facing some trouble crosses paths with a lonely woman living in the middle of nowhere.A tough cowboy facing some trouble crosses paths with a lonely woman living in the middle of nowhere.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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- TriviaFinal acting role for Ken Curtis. He died in April 28, 1991, at the age of seventy-four.
- GoofsWhen Evie Teale's husband is trapped under his horse he draws his revolver. When he does so, a white tennis shoe is visible in the lower left of the frame.
- Quotes
Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher: I don't know you, cowboy, and you don't know me, but if you got any ideas about bucking trouble, I'm afraid you're going to have to go it alone.
Conn Conagher: You want to help me?
Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher: Well, I'm up into my 70s, boy. And I got a bum ticker to boot. I was kind of hoping to just live out my days and not die out on some sandy slope with lead in my guts. If they get me out on that range, they'll kill me for sure and then just take my cattle as they please... with nobody to stop 'em.
Conn Conagher: What if they come after you?
Seaborn Tay, Cattle Rancher: If they come after me, I damn sure will fight.
Conn Conagher: You better keep a rifle handy.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
The depth of love and respect for the original is also conveyed by the gracious touch of having Louis L'Amour's daughter portraying the starting-over former saloon girl stuck in the Indian battle at the stage station. The casting is near-perfect, even if most of them were the Elliott's good friends (and several were in Sam's other films).
The realistic look at ranch hand life strikes chords of memory with Monty Walsh. The action scenes were more reality-based than the 50's through 70's Westerns, such as the primitive look of the final saloon fight scene. And the costumes look straight out of a Matthew Brady photo book of a Western settlement, with the characters showing the dirt and grit which true pioneers experienced.
The developing love story between Con and Evie is beautifully captured by the camera, often without a word, as "the eyes tell the story". Ross plays the part perfectly of the dutiful, faithful frontier wife. And you "feel her pain" as she struggles with loneliness, and his as he struggles with an identity crisis and feelings of inadequacy to be the husband of a woman so noble. Sam deserved the Golden Globe for Best Actor he won, with a quietly powerful portrayal of the honest cowpoke.
All in all, a delightful and classically beautiful story of the Old West. I grew up in one of the last Western towns to "go modern", a real cow town which experienced some of the last (and biggest) gun battles in US history. This movie made me proud to be from my home area.
- ed-755
- Sep 25, 2010
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- Konager
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