Concrete Cowboys

Not to be confused with the 2020 film Concrete Cowboy.

Concrete Cowboys
DVD cover
Genre	Adventure
Written by	Jimmy Sangster
Directed by	Burt Kennedy
Starring	Jerry Reed Tom Selleck
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ernie Frankel
Producer	Richard Newton
Production locations	Union Station, Nashville, Tennessee
Cinematography	Alan Stensvold
Editor	Art Seid
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Frankel Films
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 17, 1979 (1979-10-17)

Concrete Cowboys is a 1979 American Western television pilot film starring Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck, directed by Burt Kennedy. It was broadcast on CBS on October 17, 1979. It was followed in 1981 by a television series starring Reed and Geoffrey Scott with the same title.

Television pilot (film)

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

• Jerry Reed as J.D. Reed
• Tom Selleck as Will Eubanks
• Morgan Fairchild as Kate / Carla
• Claude Akins as Woody Stone
• Roy Acuff as Himself
• Barbara Mandrell as Herself
• Ray Stevens as Himself
• Lucille Benson as Peg the Madam
• Gene Evans as Lt. Blocker
• Randy Powell as Lonnie Grimes
• Red West as Sheriff
• Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. Barnaby
• Bob Hannah as Mr. Barnaby (Wax Museum)
• Joseph Burke as Hatcheck, Casino owner
• Seidina Reed as Singer on Cumberland Queen

Soundtrack

• Jerry Reed – "Breakin' Loose"
• Ray Stevens – "Shriner's Convention"

Television series

Concrete Cowboys
Created by	Ernie Frankel Richard Newton
Starring	Jerry Reed Geoffrey Scott
Opening theme	"Breakin' Loose" performed by Jerry Reed
Composer	Jerry Reed
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Ernie Frankel
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Frankel Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	February 7 (1981-02-07) – March 21, 1981 (1981-03-21)

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.

Cast

• Jerry Reed as J.D. Reed
• Geoffrey Scott as Will Eubanks

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1 2	"Eldorado"	Leo Penn	Robert Foster	February 7, 1981 (1981-02-07)
3	"Everything Is Relative"	Unknown	Unknown	February 14, 1981 (1981-02-14)
4	"On the Run"	Leo Penn	Eugene Price	February 21, 1981 (1981-02-21)
5	"The Wind Bags"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 1981 (1981-02-28)
6	"Running Home"	Unknown	Unknown	March 7, 1981 (1981-03-07)
7	"Two Hundred Miles from No Place"	Lawrence Dobkin	Jimmy Sangster	March 14, 1981 (1981-03-14)
8	"A Token for Winnie"	Unknown	Unknown	March 21, 1981 (1981-03-21)

External links

• Concrete Cowboys at IMDb (Pilot, starring Tom Selleck)
• Concrete Cowboys at IMDb (series starring Geoffrey Scott)
• Concrete Cowboys on YouTube
• Concrete Cowboys is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive