The next Movie night will be July 12 @ 6:30p.m. – The Long Ride Home
In the New Mexico Territory in 1866, Jack Fowler (Randy Travis) survived the Civil War but barely escapes the drunken rage of a gun-toting idiot who mistakes him for the gunslinger Jack Cole. Compelled to defend himself, Fowler shoots the man dead. Now a posse lead by Lucas Moat (Ernest Borgnine) searches for him to bring him to mistaken justice. Fowler, wounded, ends up at the homestead of Fiona Champyon (Stella Stevens), who just happens to be the gal friend of the sheriff (Eric Roberts). It all comes to an head when the real Jack Cole shows up.
If you're looking for lots of foul language, sex and violence, this isn't the movie for you. If you want a suspenseful Western that the entire family can enjoy, The Long Ride Home is a must-have. Hollywood doesn't turn out too many movies I can give an unqualified recommendation to, but the lack of filth in this film makes it stand apart from the rest. Kudos to the makers of this movie!
The movie was great entertainment in the style of the classic western. The storyline has a message and delivers it with panache. It takes a lot of guts to develop a script with any theme at all in today's jaded movie industry. This movie not only has a theme, but it is a moral theme and it is delivered with power and class. Small Groups>>>
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