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You Know My Name

Actor(s): Sam Elliott, Arliss Howard, Carolyn McCormick, James Gammon, R. Lee Ermey
Director(s): John Kent Harrison
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Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language
Movie Release: 1999
DVD Release: 05/30/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins
Studio: Turner Home Entertainment
Members Wishing: 1
Genres: Western, Biopic [feature], Revisionist Western

Synopsis

Produced for U.S. cable outlet TNT, You Know My Name is based on the colorful true story of Bill Tilghman, who went from Wild West lawman to Hollywood filmmaker to lawman again. Tilghman, played by Sam Elliott, was once an associate of Wyatt Earp and had run-ins with such famous outlaws as Cattle Annie and Little Britches. After retiring from law enforcement, Tilghman moved to California and began producing a series of silent Westerns that stressed historical authenticity over the grand-standing heroics of Tom Mix and William S. Hart. However, his films lacked name stars and failed to click at the box office. After his career in film went bust, Tilghman, nearly 70, answered a call from a friend to help him reform Cromwell, Oklahoma. Once called "the most sinful town in America," Cromwell was a place where vice was freely traded in many forms and the only peace officer was a violent, cocaine-addicted tyrant named Wiley (Arliss Howard). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Sam Elliott - Bill Tilghman
Arliss Howard - Wiley
Carolyn McCormick - Zoe
James Gammon - Real Arkansas Tom
R. Lee Ermey - Nix

Member Reviews

Tina O. - HENDERSON, NC wrote on 3/6/2008...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I love true stories and I love most of Sam's work. This is a good one. His character has caught my heart. A tear at the end. I'm keeping this one to watch again, some day.