Crossfire Trail

Director: Simon Wincer Simon Wincer

Overview

Tom Selleck plays the drifter Rafe Covington in this respectful adaptation of the Louis L'Amour novel Crossfire Trail, presented by Turner Network Television. A romantic Western, Crossfire Trail follows Rafe as he struggles to honor his vow to a dying friend to protect his wife and daughter and their Wyoming homestead. Virginia Madsen plays the widow who questions Rafe's intentions and unwittingly sides with the bad guys headed by land owner Bruce Barkow (Mark Harmon). The producers went to great lengths to find historic buildings and props to lend an authentic air to the production. The film was directed by Simon Wincer, who also paired with Selleck on 1990's Quigley Down Under. The film also stars Wilford Brimley, Brad Johnson, Patrick Kilpartrick, and Barry Corbin.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/17/2008
UPC:	0883929023844
Original Release:	2001
Source:	Turner Home Ent
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	13,784

Special Features

Closed Caption; Cast profiles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Selleck	Rafe Covington
Virginia Madsen	Anne Rodney
Mark Harmon	Bruce Barkow
Wilford Brimley	Joe Gill
David O'Hara	Rock Mullaney
Christian Kane	J.T. Langston
Barry Corbin	Sheriff Moncrieff
Brad Johnson	Bo Dorn
Joanna Miles	Melissa Thompson
Ken Pogue	Gene Thompson
Patrick Kilpatrick	Mike Taggart
Rex Lin	Luke Taggart
William Sanderson	Pee Wee
Daniel T. Parker	Wylie
Marshall Teague	Snake Corville
Michael O'Shea	Charles Rodney
Eric Colvin	Composer

Technical Credits

Charles Carner

Simon Wincer	Director
Thomas Kane	Producer
Steven Brandman	Producer,Producer,Executive Producer
Iris Grossman	Casting
Lisa Frieberger	Casting
Tom Selleck	Executive Producer
Charles Carner	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Based on the novel by western legend Louis L'Amour, TNT's Crossfire Trail is another labor of love for Tom Selleck, who met L'Amour while working on The Sacketts in 1979 and remains passionate about the author's work. The story of Crossfire Trail opens in 1880 off the coast of California, where Rafe Covington (Selleck) watches his best friend, Charles Rodney, die. Covington promises his friend that he will return to his home turf of Wyoming to take care of his ranch and his wife. Arriving in the small town, Rafe meets the gorgeous Ann Rodney (Virginia Madsen), who is being wooed by the town's most powerful landowner, Bruce Barkow (Mark Harmon). Rafe chooses to settle on Rodney's farm, enlisting the aid of his friends (David O'Hara and Christian Kane) and a wise ranch hand, Joe Gill (Wilford Brimley). When it becomes clear that Barkow is simply gunning for the Rodney ranch, Rafe stands up for his departed friend's good name and professes to maintain control of it -- that is, until hired gunman Bo Dorn (Brad Johnson) gets in the way. Also credited as an executive producer, Selleck shows his unflinching reverence for the author with this stellar adaptation, directed by Simon Wincer with the same sensitivity and compassion he brought to Larry McMurtry's western masterpiece Lonesome Dove.