Comes a Horseman

1978 118 min ★ 6.1 Western, Drama, Romance

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

Mark Harmon

Billy Joe Meynert

Macon McCalman

Virgil Hoverton

Basil Hoffman

George Bascomb

James Keach

Emil Kroegh

Jim Davis

Julie Blocker

Details

Director

Alan J. Pakula

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$9,585,769

Production

United Artists

Reviews

J

John Chard

May 8, 2014

★ 6.5/10

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...