Big Bad John 1990 PG-13, 92 min. Genre: Action
Director: Burt Kennedy Cast: Jimmy Dean, Jack Elam, Ned Beatty, Doug English, Romy Windsor, Bo Hopkins, Jeff Osterhage, Ned Vaughn, Buck Taylor, Jerry Potter, Amzie Strickland, Red Steagall, Anne Lockhart
Based on the story told in Jimmy Dean's 1950's song, Dean plays retired Sheriff Cletus Morgan who travels across country to rescue his daughter who some think is in the car with Big Bad John Tyler (Doug English). Unknown to Cletus is that his nemesis, Charlie (Ned Beatty), has contracted for hired-guns to follow Cletus and then kill Big Bad John and Cletus' daughter.
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Masque of the Red Death 1989 R, 83 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Brand Cast: Adrian Paul, Clare Hoak, Patrick Macnee, Jeff Osterhage, Tracy Reiner, Kelly Ann Sabatasso, Maria Ford, Paul Michael, Michael Leopard, Daryl Haney
This remake of Roger Corman's 1964 film is about the evil prince who enjoys pleasures in his castle while peasants die of the plague. It is still a Corman production, but not at all as good as the earlier version.
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The Sacketts 1979 TV, 193 min. Genre: Western
Director: Robert Totten Cast: Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Jeff Osterhage, Gilbert Roland, John Vernon, Ruth Roman, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, L.Q. Jones, Paul Koslo, Mercedes McCambridge, Slim Pickens, Pat Buttram
This made-for-TV Western combines the plots of Louis L'Amour's "The Daybreakers" and "The Sacketts" and takes place at the end of the Civil War when the Sackett brothers–Tell (Sam Elliott), Orrin (Tom Selleck), and Ty (Jeff Osterhage)–escape from a family feud and head West from their Tennessee home. While Tell prospects for gold, Orrin and Ty join cowboys Tom Sunday (Glenn Ford) and Cap Roundtree (Ben Johnson) herding cattle on the journey to Santa Fe where new troubles await.
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The Shadow Riders 1982 TV, 100 min. Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Cast: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson, Katharine Ross, Geoffrey Lewis, Harry Carey Jr., Gene Evans, Jane Greer, Jeff Osterhage, Dominique Dunne
Following the kidnapping of their family by Confederate soldiers, two brothers, Mac and Dal Traven (Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott) are determined in their search to find their missing kin in this story based on a Louis L'Amour Western.
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| 1. Big Bad John (1990)
2. Masque of the Red Death (1989)
3. The Sacketts (1979)
4. The Shadow Riders (1982)
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