Comes a Horseman
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| Comes a Horseman | |
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 film poster by Robert McGinnis |
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| Directed by | Alan J. Pakula |
| Produced by | Gene Kirkwood Dan Paulson |
| Written by | Dennis Lynton Clark |
| Starring | Jane Fonda James Caan Jason Robards Richard Farnsworth |
| Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | October 25, 1978 |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
Comes a Horseman is a 1978 film starring James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, and Richard Farnsworth.
The movie, set in the American West of the 1940s, tells the story of two ranchers (Caan and Fonda) whose small operation is threatened both by economic hardship and the expansionist dreams of a local land baron (Robards).
Farnsworth received a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his role in the movie.
Filming the scene where Robards' character is dragged to (presumably) his death, stunt man Jim Sheppard was killed when a horse that was dragging him veered from its course and caused him to hit his head on a fence post. The scene made it into the movie, although it is cut right before the horse passes through the gate which killed Sheppard.
[edit] Cast
- James Caan as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
- Jane Fonda as Ella Connors
- Jason Robards as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
- George Grizzard as Neil Atkinson
- Richard Farnsworth as Dodger
- Jim Davis as Julie Blocker
- Mark Harmon as Billy Joe Meynert
- Macon McCalman as Virgil Hoverton
- Basil Hoffman as George Bascomb
- James Kline as Ralph Cole
- James Keach as Emil Kroegh
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