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IN AN OUTLAW GHOST TOWN, TWO AGING GUNMEN REALIZE THEY HAVE MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THE OLD WEST � �PRISON BREAK�S� STACY KEACH STARS WITH PATRICK DUFFY IN GRITTY �DESOLATION CANYON,� A TWO-HOUR HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE
A Martinez, Kenneth Johnson, Kelly Overton and Courtney Gains Also Star;
Premieres July 1
Two long-time friends, an aging lawman and a retired ex-gunman, have their
friendship tested when they join forces to hunt down the gunman�s son, a bank-robber
who has kidnapped his own son from his mother in �Desolation Canyon,� a Hallmark
Channel Original movie premiering Saturday, July 1 (9/8 c).
Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach stars as Samuel Kendrick, a retired gunfighter
living in an isolated cabin in Desolation Canyon with his common law wife. Patrick Duffy
stars as worn-around-the-edges Sheriff Tomas �Swede� Lundstrom, an old friend who
fought with Sam on the Union side in the Civil War where Sam first earned his
reputation as a deadeye shot. Following the war, both wild young men rode with an
outlaw gang, but have subsequently reformed with Swede switching to the right side of
the law. The two men are reunited on a mission to track down Sam�s estranged outlaw
son, Johnny Kendrick, in an effort to save him from deeper trouble and possibly a
violent death.
The skillful old gunman leads the hunt for his son, hoping to keep him alive.
Danger looms as the men become trapped by the outlaw gang that Johnny is riding
with.
A Martinez, Kenneth Johnson, Kelly Overton and Courtney Gains also star in the
gritty drama. �Desolation Canyon� is a Hallmark Entertainment presentation of an
Alpine Medien Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions. Robert Halmi,
Jr. and Larry Levinson are executive producers. Nick Lombardo, Matt Fitzsimons and
Betsy Newman are co-executive producers. Brian J. Gordon and Erik Olson produce.
�Desolation Canyon� was directed by David S. Cass, Sr. and written by Dan
Fitzsimons.
Hallmark Channel is a 24-hour basic cable channel that provides a diverse slate
of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of over 73 million
subscribers. The program service is distributed through more than 5,300 cable systems
and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Crown
Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie Channel. Through
its subsidiary, Crown Media Distribution, LLC, Crown also distributes titles from its
award-winning collection of movies, miniseries and films for exhibition in a variety of
television media including broadcast, cable, Video-on-Demand and High Definition
Television.
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