Comes a Horseman

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Comes a Horseman (1978)

PG 10/25/1978 (US) Western, Drama, Romance 1h 58m

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

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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.

Alan J. Pakula

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Dennis Lynton Clark

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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
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A review by John Chard

65%

Written by John Chard on May 8, 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... read the rest.

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