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The Sacketts is a 1979 American made-for-television Western miniseries 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.
Sackett's Land, published in 1974, is the first novel chronologically of the Sackett novels, taking place around AD 1600 in England (including The Fens and Queen Elizabeth I's London), on the Atlantic Ocean, and the Atlantic Seaboard of North America, particularly in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras.
The Daybreakers is a 1960 novel set in the latter half of 19th-century America (1867), written by Louis L'Amour.It is the first novel that he wrote about a Welsh and English family surnamed Sackett.
The Shadow Riders is not a part of the "Sackett" book series, and the actors play totally different roles. In both films he starred opposite Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott . In the first film he also starred alongside western legends Ben Johnson and Glenn Ford , with Johnson also starring in the second.
In addition to directing, Totten also co-starred in Gunsmoke playing the role of Corley, opposite of Nehemiah Persoff, in the 1969 episode "The Mark of Cain,".And among others, as the childhood friend of Festus, in self-titled episode, "Cleavus".
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Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) [3] was an American actress of film, stage, and television.. After playing stage roles on the East Coast, Roman moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in films.
Sackett (occasionally Sacket) is an English surname originating in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, probably at Sackett's Hill in the parish of St Peter in Thanet (now Broadstairs and St Peter's). The earliest record of the name dates from 1317 when William Saket of Southborough, St Peter in Thanet, was in a legal dispute with the Abbot of St ...