Concrete Cowboys Explained

Genre:Adventure
Director:Burt Kennedy
Executive Producer:Ernie Frankel
Producer:Richard Newton
Starring:Jerry Reed
Tom Selleck
Location:Union Station, Nashville, Tennessee
Cinematography:Alan Stensvold
Editor:Art Seid
Company:Frankel Films
Network:CBS
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Concrete Cowboys is a 1979 American Western television film starring Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck, directed by Burt Kennedy. It was broadcast on CBS on October 17, 1979.

The film is also known as Highway Action (in Finland), Nashville detective (in Italy) and Ramblin' Man, the latter under which it was released on video by a few companies, including Edde Entertainment.

Plot

Will Eubanks (Tom Selleck) and his rowdy gambling buddy J.D. Reed (Jerry Reed) are two good-time roustabouts. After being caught in a sting card game, the two men are forced to leave town in a hurry. Hopping on a freight train, they end up in Nashville and, mistaken for detectives, they are hired to locate a singer (Morgan Fairchild) who has mysteriously disappeared. By the time they realize this game is more than either one of them can handle, they are embroiled in an intricate blackmail scheme with deadly results.

Cast

Soundtrack

Television series

Starring:Jerry Reed
Geoffrey Scott
Opentheme:"Breakin' Loose" performed by Jerry Reed
Composer:Jerry Reed
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Episodes:7
Company:Frankel Productions
Network:CBS

A 1981 TV series based on the film and sharing its title, with Reed reprising his role as J.D. Reed and Geoffrey Scott taking over Tom Selleck's role as Will Eubanks, was broadcast on CBS from February 7 to March 21, 1981 and cancelled after seven episodes.

Episode list

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