Comes a Horseman

Comes a Horseman

1978 · 118 min · EN · PG · 6.0 (53 votes)
Dir. Alan J. Pakula · Starring James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Mark Harmon

She was as strong as the land for which she fought. And as vulnerable.

WesternDramaRomance

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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A dusty, sun-baked struggle for survival against encroaching industrial greed. This neo-western feels like a slow burn, simmering with simmering resentments and the quiet desperation of a changing landscape, punctuated by moments of raw, hard-won romance.

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