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The Electric Horseman

He's a washed-up loser. But sometimes losers can be heroes...

1979 · PG · 2h 2m

Directed by Sydney Pollack

6.1

TMDB audience score
175 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.

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Cast

  • Robert Redford
    Sonny

  • Jane Fonda
    Hallie

  • Valerie Perrine
    Charlotta

  • Willie Nelson
    Wendell

  • John Saxon
    Hunt Sears

  • Nicolas Coster
    Fitzgerald

  • Allan Arbus
    Danny

  • Wilford Brimley
    Farmer

  • Will Hare
    Gus

  • Basil Hoffman
    Toland

  • Timothy Scott
    Leroy

  • James B. Sikking
    Dietrich

  • James Kline
    Tommy

  • Frank Speiser
    Bernie

  • Quinn K. Redeker
    Bud Broderick

  • Lois Hamilton
    Joanna Camden

  • Sarah Harris
    Lucinda

  • Tasha Zemrus
    Louise