When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (film) explained

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Director:	Milton Katselas
Producer:	Marjoe Gortner
Starring:	Marjoe Gortner Hal Linden Lee Grant Candy Clark Peter Firth Pat Hingle Stephanie Faracy Audra Lindley Bill McKinney
Music:	Jack Nitzsche
Cinematography:	Jules Brenner
Editing:	Richard Chew
Studio:	Melvin Simon Productions
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Released:	(New York)
Runtime:	113 minutes
Budget:	$1.7 million^[1]
Country:	United States
Language:	English

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? is a 1979 American drama film written by Mark Medoff and adapted from his play of the same name.^[2] It was directed by Milton Katselas.^[2]

Plot

Teddy, a troubled Vietnam veteran, has his car break down near a Texas roadside diner. He goes inside and subjects the diners to physical and mental torture.^[3]

Cast

• Marjoe Gortner as Teddy
• Hal Linden as Richard
• Lee Grant as Clarisse
• Peter Firth as Red
• Candy Clark as Cheryl
• Pat Hingle as Striker
• Stephanie Faracy as Angel
• Bill McKinney as Tommy Clark
• Audra Lindley as Ceil Ryder
• Riley Hill as Junior Ferguson
• Ron Soble as Sheriff Garcia
• Robert Easton as Customs Man
• Barry Cahill as Customs Doctor
• Mark Medoff as Faith Healer
• Alberto Piña as Mexican Father
• Anne Ramsey as Rhea

Notes and References

1. 'Red Ryder,' Deep in the Gut of Texas: 'Red Ryder': At Work in the Gut of TexasChriston, Lawrence. Los Angeles Times 21 May 1978: n48.
2. Web site: When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?. https://web.archive.org/web/20140616114408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/116595/When-You-Comin-Back-Red-Ryder-/overview. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Hal Erickson. Hal Erickson (author). 2014. 2014-06-16.
3. Web site: WHEN YOU COMIN' BACK, RED RYDER? (1979 USA). Modcinema. 23 March 2018.