Top billed cast

1. 

   James Caan

   Frank 'Buck' Athearn

2. 

   Jane Fonda

   Ella Connors

3. 

   Jason Robards

   Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing

4. 

   George Grizzard

   Neil Atkinson

5. 

   Richard Farnsworth

   Dodger

6. 

   Mark Harmon

   Billy Joe Meynert

7. 

   Macon McCalman

   Virgil Hoverton

8. 

   Basil Hoffman

   George Bascomb

9. 

   James Keach

   Emil Kroegh

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-05-08

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 b...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$9,585,769.00

Keywords

• cattle drive
• oil
• oil industry
• neo-western
• cattle baron
• 1940s
• oil exploration