Comes a Horseman

Comes a Horseman

118 mins | Romance, Western | Oct. 25, 1978

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.

Comes a Horseman

118 mins | Romance, Western | Oct. 25, 1978

Comes a Horseman
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers United Artists
Original title Comes a Horseman
Directors Alan J. Pakula
Writers Dennis Lynton Clark

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

Mark Harmon

as Billy Joe Meynert

Macon McCalman

as Virgil Hoverton

Basil Hoffman

as George Bascomb

James Keach

as Emil Kroegh

Jim Davis

as Julie Blocker

James Kline

as Ralph Cole

Clifford A. Pellow

as Cattle Buyer

Allan Baker

as Pall Bearer (uncredited)

Cary Huff

as Army Bugler (uncredited)

Antonino Garcia Tony

as School Kid (uncredited)