Longarm (film)
Longarm is a 1988 western television film loosely based on the Jove Books series of the same name written under the house pseudonym, "Tabor Evans".
| Longarm | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Based on | Based on the Jove Books series of the same name written under the house pseudonym, "Tabor Evans". |
| Written by | David Chisholm Tabor Evans |
| Directed by | Virgil W. Vogel |
| Starring | Daphne Ashbrook Rene Auberjonois Diedrich Bader |
| Theme music composer | Richard Stone |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Chisholm |
| Production location(s) | Chama, New Mexico Cook Ranch, Galisteo, New Mexico Eaves Movie Ranch - 105 Rancho Alegre Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico |
| Cinematography | Robert C. Jessup |
| Production company(s) | Charles E. Sellier Productions Eaves Movie Ranch Universal Television |
| Distributor | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | March 6, 1988 |
The film, set in the Territory of New Mexico in the 1870s, stars John Terlesky as the titular Deputy United States Marshal Custis Long, and features René Auberjonois as real-life territorial governor (and author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) Lew Wallace.[1] The film was intended as a pilot for a TV series based on the books, but the program was not picked up.[1][2]
The "occasionally humorous script" was written by David J. Chisholm, a "veteran Western writer".[2]
References
- Alvin H. Marill, Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders (2011), p. 118.
- Gary A. Yoggy, Riding the Video Range: The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television (1995), p. 552.
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