Comes a Horseman

It's the 1940's, near the end of World War II, in the American West. The setting is a large, fertile valley ideal for raising cattle. Rancher Jacob W. Ewing's (Jason Robards) family has lived in the valley for generations, and his dream is to control all of it and preserve it from those - farmers and oilmen, for example - who would use the land for other purposes. Visiting J.W. is wealthy New York oil executive Neil Atkinson, whose late father was J.W.'s good friend and financial backer; the Atkinsons helped J.W. buy out neighboring ranchers, taking advantage of their financial problems (often with some "persuasion" from J.W.'s henchmen). The one remaining holdout is Ella Connors (Jane Fonda), whose family has also ranched in the area for the last two generations and who relies on the family's aging but skillful cowhand, Dodger (Richard Farnsworth). Another small player is war veteran Frank Athearn (James Caan) to whom Ella has sold a small plot of land to pay her bills. Ella and J.W. have some personal history which Ella prefers to put behind her, but which J.W. keeps bringng up. Although J.W. believes that Ella cannot survive another season financially, Ella and Frank, both of whom are committed to making a living ranching, enter into an uneasy alliance, especially after a dangerous incident precipitated by J.W. involving Frank and Frank's partner, fellow veteran Billy Joe Meynart (Mark Harmon). Neil, meanwhile, wants to explore the entire valley for oil, and uses his family's financial support to pressure J.W. into agreeing. But Ella, Frank, and Neil soon discover that J.W. will go to any lengths to get what he wants.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 26910
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide October 25, 1978
  • Runtime 118 minutes
  • Genres Western Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English
  • Studio United Artists Pictures
  • Production Company United Artists Pictures
  • Production Countries United States of America
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  • Box Office Worldwide $9,585,769
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