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Comes a Horseman( 1978)

TV-MAWesternDramaRomance
60%
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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

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      James Caan

      Frank 'Buck' Athearn

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      Jane Fonda

      Ella Connors

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      Jason Robards

      Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

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      George Grizzard

      Neil Atkinson

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      Richard Farnsworth

      Dodger

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      Mark Harmon

      Billy Joe Meynert

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      Macon McCalman

      Virgil Hoverton

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      Basil Hoffman

      George Bascomb

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      James Keach

      Emil Kroegh

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      Jim Davis

      Julie Blocker

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      James Kline

      Ralph Cole

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      Clifford A. Pellow

      Cattle Buyer

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      Allan Baker

      Pall Bearer (uncredited)

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      Cary Huff

      Army Bugler (uncredited)

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      Antonino Garcia Tony

      School Kid (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

    6.5
    Written by John Chard on Thu May 08 2014
    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 ba...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    9585769.00

    Keywords

    • cattle drive
    • oil
    • oil industry
    • neo-western
    • cattle baron
    • 1940s
    • oil exploration