Tell Sacket — The Sacketts Character Profile

About Tell Sacket

One of the Sackett brothers, a seasoned mountain man and skilled gunslinger. He works in a Texas mining camp, kills a cheater, and travels west to reunite with his family. He joins a gold-hunting expedition, gets trapped in caves by the Bigelow gang, and ultimately participates in a decisive gunfight to eliminate the threat in Purgatorie.

Tell Sacket — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Sam Elliott

Appears in

The Sacketts (1979)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Tell Sacket — Conflict Territory Rival — Ira Bigelow (Jack Elam)

  Disputing land claims and resources

• Tell Sacket — Alliance Prospecting Partner — Cap Rountree (Ben Johnson)

  Working together in gold prospecting

• Tell Sacket — Conflict Antagonist — Jonathan Pritts (John Vernon)

  Prospector vs town authority figure

• Tell Sacket — Conflict Prospecting Rival — Tom Sunday (Glenn Ford)

  Competing for gold claims in the territory

• Tell Sacket — Family Brother — Tyrel Sackett (Jeff Osterhage)

  Elder brother looking out for younger sibling

• Tell Sacket — Family Brother — Orrin Sackett (Tom Selleck)

  Elder brothers united by family bonds

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• Simpson (Lee de Broux)
• Drusilla (Ana Alicia)
• Laura Pritts (Marcy Hanson)
• Reed Carney (Buck Taylor)
• Kid Newton (Paul Koslo)
• Don Luis Alvarado (Gilbert Roland)
• Ma Sackett (Mercedes McCambridge)