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Comes a Horseman

1978

Alan J. Pakula

Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth ...

6.3

676

Drama. Western 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.

	Media	Author	Review
		Time Out	"A misfit Western, with Pakula using Jane Fonda's uncanny resemblance to her father to set up a curious tangential relationship, respectful and rebellious, with classic Western mythology (...) Visually superb"
		Variety	"Alan Pakula's 'Comes a Horseman' is so lethargic not even Jane Fonda, James Caan and Jason Robards can bring excitement to this artificially dramatic story"
		TV Guide	"An unusual staging of the American West"
		Steve O'Hagan Empire	"Director Alan Pakula's sympathies seem to lie in the landscape, never less than exquisitely framed. But even this mute star can't fill the space left by dour performances (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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