Comes a Horseman
DirectorAlan J. Pakula
“She was as strong as the land for which she fought. And as vulnerable.”
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
James Kline
Ralph Cole
Clifford A. Pellow
Cattle Buyer
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