Crossfire Trail is a Turner Network Television film starring Tom Selleck in the role of Rafael "Rafe" Covington, a wanderer known for his honesty and steadfastness who keeps his word to a dying friend despite great adversity to himself. The tagline of the picture is "A hero is measured by the enemies he makes. " The film is based on Louis L'Amour's 1954 Western novel of the same name. Crossfire Trail was originally broadcast on cable television on January 21, 2001.

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  • Crossfire Trail is a Turner Network Television film starring Tom Selleck in the role of Rafael "Rafe" Covington, a wanderer known for his honesty and steadfastness who keeps his word to a dying friend despite great adversity to himself. The tagline of the picture is "A hero is measured by the enemies he makes. " The film is based on Louis L'Amour's 1954 Western novel of the same name. Crossfire Trail was originally broadcast on cable television on January 21, 2001. Selleck has also starred in other L'Amour novels adapted to films, including Sackett and The Shadow Riders with Sam Elliott, another veteran of L'Amour motion pictures. Selleck is believable in his portrayal of the laid-back cowboy certain in his beliefs, which he reveals were taught by his mother who hoped that her son would have become a Jesuit priest. Covington, however, said that he has difficulty with the lesson on "turning the other cheek" when faced with evil. L'Amour's short story "Hondo" was the first of his voluminous works converted to film through a 1953 picture starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page. Hondo won L'Amour an Academy Award nomination. His books eventually sold over 260 million copies. Simon Wincer, the director of Crossfire Trail, also excelled with Lonesome Dove, Quigley Down Under (another Selleck film), and Free Willy. Wincer stresses character stories in a Western drama. The film also has beautiful photography given its setting, but it was filmed at a ranch near Calgary, Alberta, Canada, not in Wyoming.
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  • Crossfire Trail is a Turner Network Television film starring Tom Selleck in the role of Rafael "Rafe" Covington, a wanderer known for his honesty and steadfastness who keeps his word to a dying friend despite great adversity to himself. The tagline of the picture is "A hero is measured by the enemies he makes. " The film is based on Louis L'Amour's 1954 Western novel of the same name. Crossfire Trail was originally broadcast on cable television on January 21, 2001.
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