He appeared with brothers David and Robert as the Younger brothers in Walter Hill 's film '' The Long Riders '' ( 1980 ) . Keith played Jim Younger in that film . In 1981 , he appeared again under Hill 's direction in '' Southern Comfort . '' In 1994 , he had a cameo role as Will Rogers in Rudolph 's film about Dorothy Parker , '' Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle '' . He co-starred with Daryl Hannah as homicidal sociopath John Netherwood in the thriller '' The Tie That Binds '' ( 1995 ) . In 2011 , he starred in '' Cowboys and Aliens '' , an American science fiction western film directed by Jon Favreau also starring Daniel Craig , Harrison Ford , and Olivia Wilde . Carradine traveled to Tuscany in 2012 to executive produce and star in John Jopson 's Edgar Allan Poe inspired film '' Terroir '' . In 2013 , he starred in '' Ai n't Them Bodies Saints '' , which won the 2013 Sundance Film Festival award for cinematography . In 2016 Keith played Edward Dickinson , father of Emily Dickinson , in '' A Quiet Passion '' , a biographical film directed and written by Terence Davies about the life of the American poet
2013 Sundance Film Festival
2013 Sundance Film Festival
Keith Carradine