---
title: 'The Long Riders (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Walter Hill'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-long-riders-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081071/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Long Riders (1980)

1980 · 99 min · Western, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Long Riders is a 1980 American biographical Western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and Tim Zinnemann and features an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder, for which he won the Best Music award in 1980 from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. The film was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [James Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-keach), [Stacy Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-keach), [Walter Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-hill), [Bill Bryden](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-bryden)
- **Producer:** [James Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-keach), [Stacy Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-keach), [Tim Zinnemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-zinnemann)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ry Cooder](https://cinepixo.com/people/ry-cooder)
- **Director:** [Walter Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-hill)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ric Waite](https://cinepixo.com/people/ric-waite)

## Cast

- [Nicholas Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-guest) as Robert Ford
- [James Remar](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-remar)
- [Pamela Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-reed) as Belle Starr
- [James Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-keach) as Jesse James
- [Robert Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-carradine) as Bob Younger
- [Edward Bunker](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-bunker)
- [Christopher Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-guest) as Charles Ford
- [Smith Boucher](https://cinepixo.com/people/smith-boucher) as Zerelda Mimms
- [David Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-carradine) as Cole Younger
- [William Traylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-traylor)
- [Chris Mulkey](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-mulkey)
- [Dennis Quaid](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-quaid) as Edward T. Miller
- [Lin Shaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/lin-shaye)
- [Keith Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-carradine) as Jim Younger
- [Bill Bryson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-bryson)

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