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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Did you know
- 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)
Katherine Ross plays the woman who has a small ranch that also serves as a stagecoach station.. But that small amount of base income is about to be cut off as a new station is being built, As for her ranch, Ross's husband is gone for some months now on a cattle buying trip with no word when or if he's returning.
Sam Elliott is our title character hero and he's riding line for Ken Curtis's ranch and doing his best to keep thieves off the range. Curtis is beset by rustlers and Elliott does get tempted to look the other way. But like Hondo Lane, Conagher is your straight up cowboy hero, the kind we seldom see in our more cynical age.
Real life marrieds Sam Elliott and Katherine Ross have some tender scenes as she and he would like to get together. But as long as the missing husband's status is still missing they will be true to their moral code.
The supporting cast has a several familiar western faces. My favorite is Barry Corbin the stagecoach driver who even with his company not subsidizing Ross, he has a great personal concern for Ross and her kids.
Conagher answers in a positive way the question of whether we see westerns like we used to see. Most affirmatively with this one.
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