Underplayed Gems

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again poster
Directed by
George McCowan
Genre
action, adventure, comedy, western, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of retired Texas Rangers gets back together for another adventure. They are older now but still eager to help out and have some fun along the way.

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What happens

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again starring Walter Brennan and Fred Astaire is a 1970 ABC Movie of the Week sequel to the Western comedy The Over-the-Hill Gang. The supporting cast includes Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, and Burt Mustin (all of whom, except Wood, were in The Over-the-Hill Gang). Like the 1969 original, the sequel involves a group of aging Texas Rangers and was written by Richard Carr and directed by George McCowan. Pat O'Brien had played the second lead in the first film, but his character was left out of the sequel and he was effectively replaced by Astaire, who was not in the original film. Richard Widmark played O'Brien's character in a quasi-remake two decades later entitled Once Upon a Texas Train, in which the Over-the-Hill Gang, with an entirely new cast including Stuart Whitman, played supporting roles to Willie Nelson's train robber. This was the final film for three-time Academy Award-winner Walter Brennan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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