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Movie Info

Determined single woman Ella Connors (Jane Fonda) struggles to maintain her ranch despite constant attempts by Jacob "J.W." Ewing (Jason Robards), the aging owner of the neighboring ranch, to coerce her into selling. When oil companies begin pressuring both ranchers to allow drilling, Ella's position becomes even more perilous. Though Ella thinks she's scrappy enough to fight them on her own, her chances get better with the arrival of hunky war veteran Frank "Buck" Athearn (James Caan).

Rating:

PG
Genre:

western
Original Language:

English
Director:

Alan J. Pakula
Producer:

Gene Kirkwood, Dan Paulson
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 1, 2016
Runtime:

1h 58m
Production Co:

United Artists, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Cast & Crew

Jane Fonda
Ella Connors

James Caan
Frank "Buck" Athearn

Jason Robards
Jacob "J.W." Ewing

George Grizzard
Neil Atkinson

Richard Farnsworth
Dodger

Jim Davis
Julie Blocker

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Critic Reviews for Comes a Horseman

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (3)

No reason old formulas can't be reworked. But director Alan J. Pakula maintains such a somber mood that the whole thing is a downer except for the stunning photography of Gordon Willis.

July 17, 2019 | Full Review…

Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Comes a Horseman is one of the most exciting and elliptical love stories that we have been given to think about in a very long time. [Full Review in Spanish]

August 7, 2019 | Full Review…

Fernando Trueba
El Pais (Spain)
Moves in fits and starts, and the ending, while a stark reminder of the resilience of the American west, comes out of left field

June 4, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Matthew Lucas
From the Front Row
Pakula approaches the open spaces of the frontier to escape from urban claustrophobia and instead finds reflections of it

November 17, 2009 | Full Review…

Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
A good-enough Western that I can only really recommend to genre fans, or people who have some particularly strong affection for one or another of the actors.

October 15, 2009 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Desperately tries to become monumental in the manner of a John Ford metaphorical Western.

January 22, 2006 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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October 21, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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June 25, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Emanuel Levy
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June 17, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Richard Farnsworth shines with his portrait of the archetypal cowboy--crafty, self-reliant and industrious.

January 24, 2004 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice

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Audience Reviews for Comes a Horseman

Jan 13, 2010

(1978Director: Alan J. Pakula) Even Mark Harmon starred in this movie. Jane Fonda sans makeup stars as the daughter of a cattleman who is the target of a very evil land magnate played by Jason Robards.<div style="width:1008px;"><a href="http://www.flixster.com/photos/comes-a-horseman-12300421"><img src="http://content7.flixster.com/photo/12/30/04/12300421_gal.jpg" border="0"/></a><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10px;"><a href="http://www.flixster.com">Flixster</a> - Share Movies</div></div> James Caan comes onto the scene in the nick of time for Ella Connors (Jane Fonda). In searching the movieographies of some of these fine actors I realized that I have alot of movie watching to catch up on!

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