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Comes a Horseman (1978)

PG10/25/1978Western, Drama, Romance1h 58m
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She was as strong as the land for which she fought. And as vulnerable.

Overview

Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    James Caan

    Frank 'Buck' Athearn

  2. Cast 1

    Jane Fonda

    Ella Connors

  3. Cast 1

    Jason Robards

    Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

  4. Cast 1

    George Grizzard

    Neil Atkinson

  5. Cast 1

    Richard Farnsworth

    Dodger

  6. Cast 1

    Mark Harmon

    Billy Joe Meynert

  7. Cast 1

    Macon McCalman

    Virgil Hoverton

  8. Cast 1

    Basil Hoffman

    George Bascomb

  9. Cast 1

    James Keach

    Emil Kroegh

Horsewoman. Surely? Comes a Horseman is directed by Alan J. Pakula and written by Dennis Lynton Clark. It stars Jane Fonda, James Caan, Jason Robards and Richard Farnsworth. Music is by Michael Small and cinematography by Gordon Willis. It seems the ideas and willing behind Comes a Horseman are made of sturdy stuff, you sense that the makers wanted to make a reflective post-modern Western set in post World War II times. Tonally they get it mostly right, it is very sombre, both in characterisations and the changing of the times thematic beat. Plot is hardly thrilling as Robards' land b...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $9,585,769.00

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