This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an arrogant railroad owner and a gang of villains.
Cast
Kenny Rogers
Brady Hawkes
Christine Belford
Eliza
Bruce Boxleitner
Billy Montana
Harold Gould
Arthur Stobridge
Clu Gulager
Rufe Bennett
Lance LeGault
Doc Palmer
Lee Purcell
Jennie Reed
Ronnie Scribner
Jeremiah
Noble Willingham
Conductor
Bruce M. Fischer
Tabor
Borah Silver
Botkin
Lew Brown
Johnson
Lee Paul
George
Robert Lussier
Crown
Edward Walsh
Charlie Rose
Marianne Gordon
Dallas
Cathy Worthington
Lilly
Charles Knapp
Shuster
Ed Bakey
Eli
David S. Cass Sr.
Winters
Neil Summers
Polo
Earl W. Smith
Brinsley (uncredited), Brinsley
Jerry Wills
Rufe's Henchman
Crew
Dick Lowry
Director
Jim Byrnes
Screenplay, Story, Producer
Cort Casady
Story
Jerrold L. Ludwig
Editor
J. Benjamin Chulay
Assistant Editor
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
John Marias
First Assistant Director, Producer, Associate Producer
Armando M. Huerta
Second Assistant Director
Karen 'Sarge' Sargent
Production Coordinator
Ken Kragen
Executive Producer
Terence A. Donnelly
Producer, Unit Production Manager
Frederic J. Smith
Camera Operator
Jamie Anderson
First Assistant Camera
M. Todd Henry
First Assistant Camera
Pam Polifroni
Casting
Kathleen McGregor
Costume Assistant
Thomas S. Dawson
Costumer
Gae Clark Butler
Hairstylist
Lon Bentley
Makeup Artist
John Kline
Sound Editor
John Norman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David J. Hudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gordon L. Day
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Isley
Sound Mixer
Don Coufal
Boom Operator
Larry Cansler
Original Music Composer
Tom Carlin
Music Editor
Alan Collis
Transportation Coordinator
Peg Cummings
Set Decoration
Edward J. McDonald
Set Decoration
Judy Rosenthal
Script Supervisor
Sherry Pringle
Location Manager
Ralph M. Leo
Production Office Coordinator
Chip Fowler
Production Office Coordinator
David S. Cass Sr.
Stunt Coordinator
Roger Hartman
Animal Wrangler
Ernie Sawyers
Property Master
Don Hulett
Assistant Property Master
Susanne Gervay
Negative Cutter
Pete G. Papanickolas
Key Grip
Larry Gilhooly
Gaffer
Allen E. Smith
Art Direction
Richard Sawyer
Art Direction
