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Comes a Horseman

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Comes a Horseman

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A female rancher resists pressure from a neighbouring former lover to sell her land. However, both ranchers find their property under threat from an unscrupulous land baron planning to turn their valley into an oilfield. Alan J Pakula's 1940s-set Western, starring James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards and Richard Farnsworth

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Sue Heal

Montana has never looked more beautiful than in this interesting but mightily flawed attempt at a Fordian western - every shot creaking with symbolism - from Alan J Pakula. Despite some valiant performances from Jane Fonda as a hard-bitten ranch boss and Jason Robards as a land-grabbing cattle baron, the movie ultimately plods through its paces. Pakula makes the classic western directing mistake of hurling in a plethora of set pieces (stand-offs at the pass, saloon brawling et al) and attempts to hang the plot on these devices. Ford knew it was the other way round.

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6.3/10

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Cast

rolenameFrank AthearnJames CaanElla ConnorsJane FondaJacob "JW" EwingJason RobardsNeil AtkinsonGeorge GrizzardDodgerRichard FarnsworthJulie BlockerJim Davis (1)Billy Joe MeynertMark HarmonHovertonMacon McCalmanGeorge BascombBasil HoffmanRalph ColeJames KlineKroeghJames KeachCattle buyerClifford A Pellow

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rolenameDirectorAlan J Pakula

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Theatrical distributor

United Artists Corp. Ltd

Released on

1979-05-03

Languages

English

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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