Longarm (film)

Longarm
Based onBased on the Jove Books series of the same name written under the house pseudonym, "Tabor Evans".
Written byDavid Chisholm
Tabor Evans
Directed byVirgil W. Vogel
StarringDaphne Ashbrook
Rene Auberjonois
Diedrich Bader
Theme music composerRichard Stone
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDavid Chisholm
Production locationsChama, New Mexico
Cook Ranch, Galisteo, New Mexico
Eaves Movie Ranch - 105 Rancho Alegre Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico
CinematographyRobert C. Jessup
Running time73 minutes
Production companiesCharles E. Sellier Productions
Eaves Movie Ranch
Universal Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMarch 6, 1988 (1988-03-06)

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".

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]

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b Alvin H. Marill, Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders (2011), p. 118.
  2. ^ a b Gary A. Yoggy, Riding the Video Range: The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television (1995), p. 552.
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