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Conagher

TV-PG 1991 1h 34m Western List
Reviews 75% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings
Pioneer woman Evie Teale (Katharine Ross) is headed west with her family to start a new life, only to have her husband, Jacob (Billy Green Bush), tragically die during the journey. Left to fend for herself and her two children in the middle of nowhere, Evie strikes up a friendship with cowboy Conn Conagher (Sam Elliott), who passes by while she's working as a food server. And Conagher certainly can help, as the area is under constant threat of attack, be it from Apaches or local bandits. Read More Read Less
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Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com Not the flashiest Western movie to hit your DVD player, but it's an old-fashioned character study that (I'm told) is extremely faithful to its Louis L'Amour source material. Rated: 3.5/5 May 29, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The good part about this western is that the dirt really is dirt, and the dust is dust, so cinematographically direct in your face that you can almost smell and taste it. The rest is basically pure stereotypical romance nonsense. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is a meandering mess with horrific acting, weak dialog, barely any meaningful action, a bipolar plot, and one of the worst attempts at romance I have ever seen. This is Sam Elliot's most forgettable performance and I would not recommend this to anyone. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Very genuine and touching film. Their couldn't have been any better choice than Katherine Ross and Sam Elliot. Their performance is heartfelt and real. We never really get to why Conagher likes living in the saddle, being a loner, the exact opposite of Evie Teale, lonely and struggling to survive after her husband dies alone out on the prairie. Her little home is on a stage line so she ekes out a living as a stopover. She struggles all through the film, and deals with her loneliness, the need to talk to someone, by writing her thoughts down and attaching them to tumbleweed to blow God knows where. From time to time Conagher finds them and saves them. Conagher comes and goes in the film but only as a friend who helps Evie and her son. Gavan O'Herlihy who can play a bad guy with the best adds tension to the film as Conagher's polar opposite and rival. He in fact hates Conagher. I'll leave it here lest I spoil where this goes. Wonderful film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the greatest westerns of all time! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member a very good movie with Sam Elliot Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A little disapointed, could have been better Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Pioneer woman Evie Teale (Katharine Ross) is headed west with her family to start a new life, only to have her husband, Jacob (Billy Green Bush), tragically die during the journey. Left to fend for herself and her two children in the middle of nowhere, Evie strikes up a friendship with cowboy Conn Conagher (Sam Elliott), who passes by while she's working as a food server. And Conagher certainly can help, as the area is under constant threat of attack, be it from Apaches or local bandits.
Director
Reynaldo Villalobos
Producer
Sam Elliott, John A. Kuri
Screenwriter
Sam Elliott, Jeffrey M. Meyer, Katharine Ross
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 34m
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