Comes a Horseman
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| Directed by | Alan J. Pakula |
| Produced by |
Gene Kirkwood Dan Paulson |
| Written by | Dennis Lynton Clark |
| Starring |
James Caan Jane Fonda Jason Robards Richard Farnsworth |
| Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
| Edited by | Marion Rothman |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Comes a Horseman is a 1978 American western drama film starring James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, and Richard Farnsworth, directed by Alan J. Pakula.
Set in the American West of the 1940s but not a typical Western, it 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, a former stuntman, received a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his performance.
A stuntman working on this film, Jim Sheppard, was killed while doing a scene where Robards' character is dragged to (presumably) his death. A horse dragging him veered from its course and caused Sheppard 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 where the fatal accident occurred.
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