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Line 1: {{Short description\|1988 TV film}} ~~{{italic title}}~~ {{Infobox television '''''Longarm''''' is a 1988 [[Western (genre)\|western]] [[television film]] loosely based on the [[Jove Books]] [[Longarm (book series)\|series of the same name]] by [[Tabor Evans]]. ▼ \| image = \| caption = \| based_on = Based on the [[Jove Books]] [[Longarm (book series)\|series of the same name]] written under the house pseudonym, "Tabor Evans". \| writer = David Chisholm<br>Tabor Evans \| director = [[Virgil W. Vogel]] \| starring = [[Daphne Ashbrook]]<br>[[Rene Auberjonois]]<br>[[Diedrich Bader]] \| theme_music_composer = [[Richard Stone (composer)\|Richard Stone]] \| country = United States \| language = English \| executive_producer = David Chisholm \| location = [[Chama, New Mexico]]<br>Cook Ranch, Galisteo, New Mexico<br>Eaves Movie Ranch - 105 Rancho Alegre Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico \| cinematography = [[Robert C. Jessup]] \| runtime = 73 minutes \| company = [[Charles E. Sellier Productions]]<br>[[Eaves Movie Ranch]]<br>[[Universal Television]] \| network = ABC \| released = {{Start date\|1988\|03\|06}} }} ▲'''''Longarm''''' is a 1988 [[Western (genre)\|western]] [[television film]] loosely based on the [[Jove Books]] [[Longarm (book series)\|series of the same name]] bywritten [[under the house pseudonym, "Tabor Evans]]". The film, set in the [[Territory of New Mexico]] in the 1870s, stars [[John Terlesky]] as the titular Deputy [[United States Marshal]] Custis Long, and features [[~~Rene~~René Auberjonois]] as real-life territorial governor (and author of ''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]'') [[Lew Wallace]].<ref name="Marill">Alvin H. Marill, ''Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders'' (2011), p. 118.</ref> The film was intended as a pilot for a TV series based on the books, but the program was not picked up.<ref name="Marill"/><ref name="Yoggy">Gary A. Yoggy, ''Riding the Video Range: The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television'' (1995), p. 552.</ref> The "occasionally humorous script" was written by David J. Chisholm, a "veteran Western writer".<ref name="Yoggy"/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{western-film-stub}}▼ * {{IMDb title\|0095544}} [[Category:1988 television films]] [[Category:1988 Western (genre) films]] [[Category:Films set in the 1870s]] [[Category:Films set in New Mexico]] [[Category:Films scored by Richard Stone (composer)]] [[Category:Films about the United States Marshals Service]] [[Category:American Western (genre) television films]] [[Category:Films directed by Virgil W. Vogel]] [[Category:1980s English-language films]] [[Category:English-language Western (genre) films]] ▲{{~~western~~US-tv-film-stub}}