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Comes a Horseman

She was as strong as the land for which she fought. And as vulnerable.

1978 · PG · 1h 58m

Directed by Alan J. Pakula

6.0

TMDB audience score
88 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • James Caan
    Frank 'Buck' Athearn

  • Jane Fonda
    Ella Connors

  • Jason Robards
    Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

  • George Grizzard
    Neil Atkinson

  • Richard Farnsworth
    Dodger

  • Jim Davis
    Julie Blocker

  • Mark Harmon
    Billy Joe Meynert

  • Basil Hoffman
    George Bascomb

  • James Keach
    Emil Kroegh

  • James Kline
    Ralph Cole

  • Macon McCalman
    Virgil Hoverton

  • Clifford A. Pellow
    Cattle Buyer

  • Allan Baker
    Pall Bearer (uncredited)

  • Cary Huff
    Army Bugler (uncredited)

  • Antonino Garcia Tony
    School Kid (uncredited)