The Sacketts (1979)

Directed by

Robert Totten, Louis L'Amour

Genre

western

Country

United States

Runtime

4h

Rated

16

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1869, three brothers leave their home in Tennessee to start a new life in Santa Fe. They face rough country and tricky people as they try to build a future together.

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What happens

The Sacketts is a 1979 American made-for-television Western miniseries directed by Robert Totten and starring Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, and Glenn Ford. Based on the novels The Daybreakers (1960) and Sackett (1961) by Louis L'Amour, the film recounts the story of the Sackett brothers in 1869 who leave their Tennessee home and start a new life together in Santa Fe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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