July 11 - Timestalkers

The movie for July 11 is a science fiction western.  

TIMESTALKERS    

A year after his wife and kids die in a car accident, Professor Scott McKenzie buys a trunk at an auction. Inside he notices in a photo from the 1880’s that a gunslinger named Cole, who was looking for a man who was carrying pistols with stars on the handles, is carrying a .357 magnum.  Cole becomes convinced Cole is a time traveler, a theory that is confirmed by Georgia Crawford, who is from the 26th century and is trying to stop Cole, a renegade scientist from her era. Scott and Georgia deduce Cole is trying to kill Michael Crawford, an advisor to President Grover Cleveland and Georgia’s ancestor. Cole is looking for the “Star-Spangled Stranger” a gunfighter who saved the President and his retinue. Cole can’t keep Scott and Georgia from learning the date of his planned attack on the President.   Scott and Georgia travel to July 11, 1886 [1:18:34 to 1:29:11]. Cole kills the “Star-Spangled Stranger”, but Scott uses his guns to kill Cole, who only wounded Michael Crawford. Back in the present Georgia sends the knowledge of the death of his family back to Scott’s earlier self so he is able to prevent their deaths.   

The date is given in the film at 1:09:53

Producers - Charles W. Fries, Richard Maynard, John Newland and Milton T. Raynor

Director - Michael Schultz

Screenwriter - Brian Clemens

Released – March 10, 1987

Runtime  - 1 hour 40 minutes

Starring –

William Devane as Scott McKenzie

Lauren Hutton as Georgia Crawford

John Ratzenberger as General Joe Brodsky

Forrest Tucker as Texas John Cody

Klaus Kinski as Dr. Joseph Cole

Tracey Walter as Sam

James Avery as Blacksmith

John Considine as Doctor Crawford / Matthew Crawford

Danny Pintauro as Billy McKenzie

Gail Youngs as Mrs. Laurie McKenzie

Patrik Baldauff as Callan

Ritch Brinkley as Barman

J. Michael Flynn as Michael

A. J. Freeman as Grover Cleveland

Tim Russ as Sergeant Filton

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.