8 Books Made into Feature Films - Louis L’Amour

Written by Louis L’Amour
Read by George Guidall, Mark Luce, Jason Culp, David Strathairn
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45 or more of L’Amour’s short stories and novels have been filmed as TV episodes, movies or featured films. Some are faithful to the original and some barely recognizable. Here are a few with the feature film version listed below it. None of the Sackett series is included.

Catlow – George Guidall - 4hrs 37min
———-Feature film (1971) – Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy
Ben Cowan and Bijah Catlow had been bound as friends since childhood. By the time they grew to manhood, Catlow had become a top cowhand with a wild streak. It took just one disastrous confrontation with a band of greedy ranchers to make him an outlaw. And when he crossed that line, it was up to U.S. Marshal Ben Cowan to bring him in alive–if only Catlow would give him the chance….

Conagher – Mark Luce - 4hrs 26min
———-TV movie (1991) – Sam Elliot, Katherine Ross
As far as the eye could see was a vast, lonely horizon. And Evie Teale and her two children were all alone here now, alone in an untamed country where the elements, the Indians, and the thieves made it far easier to die than to live. But soon a man named Conagher would drift into her life — and together they would have the courage to make a stand. Conagher, a tough drifter thinking about settling down, must face a band of Apaches and a deadly gang of rustlers before he can find peace

Crossfire Trail – Jason Culp – 5hrs 3min
———TV movie (2001) – Tom Selleck, Virginia Masden, Wilford Brimley
Rafe Caradec–gambler, wanderer, soldier of fortune–was as hard a man as the battlefields and waterfronts of Latin America could fashion, but he was as good as his word. As Charles Rodney lay dying in a dank ship’s fo’c’sle, Rafe swore to make sure that Rodney’s Wyoming ranch went to his daughter, Ann. In Painted Rock, Wyoming. He found that one of the most ruthless men in the territory had set his sights on both Rodney’s ranch and his daughter. But Rafe Caradec had given his word, and once he’d looked deep into Ann Rodney’s eyes, nothing short of death would stop him from keeping the promise he’d made.

Down the Long Hills – James Westbrooks - 4hrs 55min
———–TV movie (!986) – Bruce Boxleitner, Bo Hopkins, Michael Wren
After a massacre Hardy and Betty Sue were left with only a horse and a knife with which to face the long battle against the wilderness as they set out to Fort Bridger. A seven-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl, stranded on the limitless prairie they were up against starvation, marauding Indians, savage outlaws, and wild animals. They were mighty stubborn, but the odds were against them–and their luck was about to run out.

Hondo – David Strathairn – 5hrs 38min
———-Feature film (1953) – John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond
He was a man etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and ways of staying alive. She was a woman raising a young son on her own on a remote Arizona ranch. And, between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now, the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.

The Iron Marshal (film title - Shaughnessy) – Jack Fox – 6hrs
———-TV movie (1996) - Matthew Settl, Linda Kozlowski, Tom Bower
Tom Shaughnessy was iron-tough, but he was no lawman. Back in New York, he’d been the strong-arm for an infamous Irish gang. But when he jumped a westbound train to escape a deadly street war, fate sent him to a small Kansas town on the brink of its own violent battle. The townspeople were sorely in need of a marshal, and they convinced Shaughnessy to pin on the badge. Now he must wade into the fight of his life, one that will show him just how tough this new land really is.

Kid Rodelo – Edoardo Ballerini – 4hrs 2min
———-Feature film (1965) Don Murray, Janet Leigh, Broderick Crawford
Joe Harbin hadn’t killed a man for a fortune in gold just to sit in prison and let Rodelo collect it. But when he and his men break out and head for the stash, they end up with a pair of unwelcome partners: Rodelo and a beautiful woman with a hidden past. To get fifty thousand dollars in gold across fifty miles of desert, the desperate band quickly learns how much they need each other—and how deep their greed and suspicion can run.

The Quick and the Dead – Jason Culp – 5hrs 3min
———-TV movie (1987) – Sam Elliot, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw
When Duncan McKaskel decided to move his family west, he knew he would face dangers, and he was prepared for them. He knew about the exhausting terrain, and he was expecting the punishing elements. What worried him was using violence against other men–men who would follow him and try to steal the riches that he didn’t even possess. Yet bandits were only part of McKaskel’s worries. For a mysterious stranger, Con Vallian, had appeared one night and saved his life. But was Vallian’s true interest Duncan’s wife, Susanna? And, more important, how did she feel about him?