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The Electric Horseman (1979)
Directed by Sydney Pollack
“He's a washed-up loser. But sometimes losers can be heroes...”
Romance, Comedy, Western · 2h 02m
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Cast
Robert Redford
Jane Fonda
Valerie Perrine
Willie Nelson
John Saxon
Nicolas Coster
Allan Arbus
Wilford Brimley
Will Hare
Basil Hoffman
Timothy Scott
James B. Sikking
Crew
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Screenplay
- Robert Garland
- Director of Photography
- Owen Roizman
- Original Music Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Editor
- Sheldon Kahn
- Producer
- Ray Stark
Details
- Release date
- 1979-12-21
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Western
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions, Wildwood Enterprises
- Budget
- $12,500,000
- Box office
- $61,801,971