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Comes a Horseman

  • 6.3 /10

  • 64

  • 67%

Plot

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.

Cast

James Caan as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
James Caan

as Frank 'Buck' Athearn

Jane Fonda as Ella Connors
Jane Fonda

as Ella Connors

Jason Robards as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
Jason Robards

as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

George Grizzard as Neil Atkinson
George Grizzard

as Neil Atkinson

Richard Farnsworth as Dodger
Mark Harmon as Billy Joe Meynert
Mark Harmon

as Billy Joe Meynert

Macon McCalman as Virgil Hoverton
Macon McCalman

as Virgil Hoverton

Basil Hoffman as George Bascomb
Basil Hoffman

as George Bascomb

James Keach as Emil Kroegh
James Keach

as Emil Kroegh

Jim Davis as Julie Blocker
Jim Davis

as Julie Blocker

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • October 25, 1978

Production Companies

  • United Artists

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • $9,585,769.00

Runtime

  • 1.97 hrs

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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 Wester…