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The Sacketts is a 1979 American made-for-television Western film directed by Robert Totten and starring Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, and Glenn Ford.Based on the novels The Daybreakers (1960) and Sackett (1961) by Louis L'Amour, the film recounts the story of the Sackett brothers in 1869 who leave their Tennessee home and start a new life together in Santa Fe.
- The Daybreakers and Sackett, by Louis L'Amour
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- The Warrior's Path. Louis L'Amour - 1984-06-01 (first published in 1983) 4.2 (6k) Embark on a thrilling adventure through the American frontier with two brothers as they journey to save a young woman kidnapped by a powerful foe.
- Jubal Sackett. Louis L'Amour - 1986-06-01 (first published in 1985) 4.2 (8k) Follow the journey of Jubal Sackett, a member of Louis L'Amour's great American family, as he explores the vast wilderness of a new land.
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The Sacketts: With Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, Glenn Ford. After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.
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- 1979-05-15
- Drama, Western
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Summaries. After the Civil War, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills. Two part television adaptation of Louis L'Amour's third novel in the Sackett series. The story follows the three Sackett brothers out west from their Tennessee home.
- The Daybreakers (1960) Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin.
- Sackett (1961) William Tell Sackett had followed a different path from his younger brothers, but his name, like theirs, was spoken with respect and just a little fear.
- Lando (1962) For six long years, Orlando Sackett survived the horrors of a brutal Mexican prison. He survived by using his skills as a boxer and by making three vows.
- Mojave Crossing (1964) Tell Sackett was no ladies’ man, but he could spot trouble easily enough. And Dorinda Robiseau was the kind of trouble he wanted to avoid at any time—even more so when he had thirty pounds of gold in his saddlebags and a long way to travel.
+The Sacketts Awards Bendigo Shafter’ which followed Ethan Sackett’s story won the U.S. National Book award in 1979. +The Sacketts Books into Movies/TV Two of the Sacketts novels (The Daybreakers and Sackett) were translated into a TV-Movie that was broadcast in two parts in 1979. The movie featured Sam Elliot, Jeff Osterhage, and Tom Selleck.
It tells the story of William Tell Sackett, a Union Army veteran who makes his way West in the years following the War, hoping to settle down at the right place as a rancher. He is the main character in several other Sackett books including Mojave Crossing, The Lonely Men, Treasure Mountain, and The Sackett Brand, among others. He is the ...
