Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann theatrical poster
Directed byWilliam Dear
Written byMichael Nesmith
William Dear
Produced byWilliam Dear
StarringFred Ward
Peter Coyote
Belinda Bauer
Ed Lauter
Tracey Walter
L. Q. Jones
Richard Masur
Chris Mulkey
Michael Nesmith
Macon McCalman
CinematographyLarry Pizer
Edited byR.J. Kizer
Music byMichael Nesmith
Production
companies
Passage Films
Paragon Motion Pictures
Zoomo Production
Distributed byJensen Farley Pictures
Twentieth Century-Fox International Classics
Release dates
  • December 11, 1982 (1982-12-11) (premiere)
  • January 21, 1983 (1983-01-21)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
Box office$3.6 million

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann is a 1982 American science fiction Western film directed by William Dear and starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer in the 1980s who is mistakenly sent back in time to 1877. The film was scored, produced and co-written (with director William Dear) by Michael Nesmith.