Conagher is a
1991 Turner Network Television western film based on a
Louis L’Amour novel of the same name, starring
Sam Elliott as Conn Conagher, an honest, hardworking
cowboy who learns that his fellow
ranch hands plan to steal the boss's
cattle.
Katharine Ross, Elliott’s wife since 1984, stars as Mrs. Evie Teale, who tries to raise a son (Cody Braun) and a daughter (Anndi McAfee) on an isolated
homestead after her husband, Jacob Teale (Billy Green Bush), leaves on a business trip and tragically never returns.
[Conagher (1991) (TV)] Evie adjusts well to the wilderness: "You don't know what music is until you hear the wind in the
cedars."
[Conagher (1991) (TV) - Memorable quotes]
The film features Elliott’s friend
Buck Taylor, formerly the
gunsmith-turned-
deputy on
CBS’s long-running
Gunsmoke, as Tile Coker, a rider for the Ladder Five Ranch.
Pepe Serna, a native of
Corpus Christi, played Casuse, another Ladder Five rider. Rugged
James Gammon plays Smoke Parnell, the owner of the Ladder Five, who is suspected of
rustling. Buck Taylor’s father,
character actor Dub Taylor (1907-1994), plays the station agent.
