European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Profile Sam Elliott silent cowboys Are his Forte by Jerry Buck associated press Sam his Long hair and a Beard both turning looks like a Man who has just stepped out of a Louis Lamour Western he in fact starred in two Lamour stories on the Sacketti and the Shadow and his ambition is to play in a big budget he was a modern Day Cowboy in the Abc series yellow currently starring As the sensitive biker in says he was intrigued when he heard that director Peter Bogdanovich was looking for a Gary Cooper on a wearing a pair of hand tooled boots made by Tony Lama from Anteater Elliott has a outdoor appearance and eyes that seem to be looking for storm Clouds on a Distant he also has a cowboys Independent nature and avoids the Hollywood he and his new Katharine and their infant daughter live in the Hills along the Malibu coast in a House largely built with his own he recently turned Down a Western to be filmed in but Ross will Star with Willie Nelson in the the redheaded Elliott says he at first turned Down the role As the killer rapist in abcs a death in i had an offer for another film i really wanted to do when this came he the Only drawback to the other project was that it was on the i read the script for a death in it was Well written but the rape bothered Ive played mostly positive but this was a real rape is a real violent at the same its a Touchy subject to Deal with in prime but if youre going to do dont play around with it and do a Glossy Hollywood i found it very Tough to a death in adapted from Joan Barthels traces a bizarre murder and trial that shocked California in the Elliott plays Jordan who poses As a reporter to gain Entrance to a ranch where Beverly Hills socialite Hope masters Cheryl in the process of divorcing her second is spending the weekend with her Boyfriend Richard Morgan Granville Van he kills Morgan and repeatedly rapes Williams convinces her he has been hired by her soon Tobe a husband to kill her and the children Sam Elliott is currently starring in mask with for the insurance she appeals to Williams surprisingly tender Side and promises she will Tell the police that the murder was committed by an unknown then begins a Nightmare of terror in which she knows that Williams could kill her and the children at any recalling How he came to accept the you can say this int the image i want to or you can say this is a great role for an that the Way i finally looked at Williams had Many colors to he could be real real then he snaps and becomes a i think he had a multiple that the Way i played Elliott says he will accompany his wife to when she starts work on the hell be the baby Sitter for their 7monthold he believes it was cybill his costar on yellow who helped him land the role on she and director Bogdanovich lived together for eight years and Are still Elliott says he had mixed emotions about the cancellation of yellow Rose after its first i had the same feelings about Travis he we started out what they wanted was Dallas and what we wanted was a Good family show with a Western i played my character like a mysterious Guy with a but it want Long before you knew everything about he spent two years developing Travis Mcgee after a Pilot the project the role of John Macdonald Tough tender Salvage expert was tailor made for but for the film Mcgee was lifted out of his natural element of Florida and transported to his the busted became a it just want the 20 stripes Magazine May