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The West's most awkward family reunion involves bullets and betrayal.
TMDB
60
IMDb
49

Longarm (1988)

made-for-TV chaoscampy frontier energyforgotten '80s cheese

Overview

Western

A showdown is staged between a U.S. deputy marshal and the outlaw gang that raised him in the New Mexico Territory of 1887.

Flag of ESESSpanish
Content warning
nature versus nurturefound family vs blood loyaltyjustice as performance

Standout Aspects

Acting

John Terlesky commits harder than this material deserves.

Production

TV-movie budget stretched thin across New Mexico locations.

Best for:Background: Perfect laundry-folding Western you can half-watch.·Rewatch: So-bad-it's-good cult potential with the right crowd.
Virgil W. Vogel

Director

Virgil W. Vogel

ReleasedMar 6, 1988
Runtime1h 13m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight
Universal Television
Eaves Movie Ranch

Top Cast

John Terlesky

John Terlesky

Deputy US Marshal Custis Long

Whitney Kershaw

Whitney Kershaw

Miss Barnett

Daphne Ashbrook

Daphne Ashbrook

Pearl

Lee de Broux

Lee de Broux

Pat Garrett

John Quade

John Quade

Malachi Throne

Malachi Throne

Blalock

Shannon Tweed

Shannon Tweed

Crazy Sally

Noble Willingham

Noble Willingham

John Laughlin

John Laughlin

Codie Branch

René Auberjonois

René Auberjonois

Gov. Lew Wallace

Frank Doubleday

Frank Doubleday

The Drifter

Diedrich Bader

Diedrich Bader

Randy

Jay Rasumny

Jay Rasumny

Shotgun

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Based on a long-running paperback Western series with over 400 novels—this adaptation barely touched book one.

Cultural

Director Virgil W. Vogel spent decades in television Westerns; this was his cynical swan song to the genre he'd outlived.

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