Conagher is both a hard-riding actioner and a character-driven look at Western life. Katharine Ross plays Evie Teale, widowed after coming West and forced to prove her mettle in many ways. Sam Elliott plays Conagher, a cowhand who, when not tracking rustlers, drifts in and out of Evie's life. Something about that frontier woman keeps drawing him back. But can Evie ever keep him from drifting out again?
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when TNT was in its prime:
When the subject of best westerns ever made is mentioned, Conagher never gets any recognition. Maybe the reason is it never made the big screen. But not so long ago during the good ol' 90's the TNT network produced some of the best television features in the history of prime time from biblical epics to shows based on Louis Lamour like this one. One thing these features had in common were high production values, good direction and some of the finest ensembles of actors found in television. Conagher in... more info
This is Cowboy Poetry:
This is a fine movie from a veteran couple. The notes on the tumbleweeds, the romote western desert scenery, the stuggles, and the triumphs are classic cowboy poetry put to film. Look for a great old timer in this movie. Of Course, this is a Louis L'Amour story. It is written right and filmed right.
A lot of good in this story:
More than just a romantic western (though it is that), this story gives us a picture of manliness we don't often see: the honor, generosity, courtesy, courage, independence and toughness which duty demands of a man, and how those around him are better off when he rises to meet that standard. The young cowhand (Johnny?) in the story is confronted with the hard decision between two opposing paths. Nor is Conn Conagher any wishy-washy, "tolerant" compromiser when it comes to what is right for men to... more info
A Great Western:
Sam Elliot was born for the western and this is a beaut. Based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. The tale of a cowboy who finds the lonely notes of a frontier wife (real life wife Katherine Ross) on the tumbleweeds. A great story and thank God for TNT. John Wayne is gone, Clint Eastwood is old so with TNT (and the tv movies of Elliot and Tom Selleck) they are the only salvation western fans have.
