Silverado is a 1985 American Western film, first released on July 10, 1985. It was directed by Lawrence Kasdan and written by Lawrence and Mark Kasdan. The movie features an ensemble cast, including Kevin Kline as Paden, Scott Glenn as Emmett, Danny Glover as Malachi "Mal" Johnson, Kevin Costner as Jake, John Cleese as Sheriff John T. Langston and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Cobb.
Four "lawful outlaws"—Paden (Kevin Kline), Emmett (Scott Glenn), Jake...
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Silverado is a 1985 American Western film, first released on July 10, 1985. It was directed by Lawrence Kasdan and written by Lawrence and Mark Kasdan. The movie features an ensemble cast, including Kevin Kline as Paden, Scott Glenn as Emmett, Danny Glover as Malachi "Mal" Johnson, Kevin Costner as Jake, John Cleese as Sheriff John T. Langston and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Cobb.
Four "lawful outlaws"—Paden (Kevin Kline), Emmett (Scott Glenn), Jake (Kevin Costner) and Mal (Danny Glover)—meet and travel to the town of Silverado, where they thwart a corrupt rancher and the ruthless sheriff who is on the rancher's payroll.
The film opens with a gunfight; Emmett kills four men, henchmen of a man named Ethan McKendrick (Ray Baker) (though Emmett does not know it at the time), whose father Emmett had killed a few years before. Emmett has recently been released from prison for the killing. As he travels to the town of Silverado, he finds a man, Paden, lying near death in the desert. The men...
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