''The Long Ride Home'' is a 2003 American

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film directed by Rob Marcarelli and starring

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and Vaughn Taylor (who wrote the screenplay).

Plot

In 1866 New Mexico, a man going by the pseudonym Jack Cole, a famous gunman, is shot by a man hiding in the bushes. Jack's horse takes him to the home of Laura Fowler and her son Daniel, who nurse Jack back to health. Deputy Abel Hart arrives at the Fowler home seeking Jack, but Laura suspects that he's a fraud and claims that she hasn't seen Jack. Laura later takes Jack aside and it is revealed that Jack is her long-lost husband, Jack Fowler, who left Laura eight years ago prior to Daniel being born. Daniel overhears the conversation and asks Jack about his past without revealing that he knows who he is. Jack tells how eight years ago he was confused for the real Jack Cole, an evil gunman, who killed several members of the Moat family, and was forced to kill a man to save himself. Now the head of the Moat family, Lucas, is after him. Laura's fiancé, Sheriff Hank Bowman, is suspicious of Jack and gets into a fistfight with him, leading Jack to decide to move on to somewhere else. Angered, Daniel runs away. Hart returns and attacks Laura, who Jack tends to after finding her passed out in the barn. Hart kidnaps Daniel and reveals that he is the real Jack Cole, who spent eight years in jail before escaping and going after Jack Fowler for stealing his name and reputation. He leaves Daniel tied up as "bait" to catch Jack. Jack Fowler goes on a search for Daniel, but Hart returns to Laura's home and she flees. Daniel is rescued by Lucas Moat and his two sons, but he returns to his home to see if Laura has been harmed, where Hart is waiting and holds Daniel overnight. The next morning, Jack and Laura arrive again and attempt to save Daniel. Lucas arrives with his sons and Hart shoots at them, leading to Lucas being fatally injured. The Moat sons shoot Hart and kill him, while Lucas dies relieved that he finally caught Hart, and is assured that God has forgiven him by Daniel. Jack Fowler, now free to stop fleeing, lives with Laura again, and Bowman (who discovered Hart's true identity via a telegram the night before), although still somewhat jealous, accepts the situation and leaves happily.

Cast

as Jack Fowler / Jack Cole *

as Sheriff Hank Bowman *

as Lucas Moat *Vaughn Taylor as Laura Fowler *Paul Tinder as Deputy Hart *Alec Medlock as Daniel Fowler *

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as Caleb Moat *Jeff McGrail as Kyle Moat *

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as Arthur *Michele Dalcin as Miriam *

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as Fiona Champyon *

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as Old man *

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as Sheriff *Jeff Dolan as Deputy *Sam Dolan as Billy *Peter Sherayko as Father Thadeus *Sal Cardile as Gustis *Larry A. Zeug as Prisoner #1 *Dan Erwin as Cousin Larry *Elizabeth Tinder as Maid *Greg Stanina as Rancher

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Long Ride Home Latin-language films American Western (genre) films Lionsgate films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films