The Electric Horseman
1NomDirected by Sydney Pollack
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Released
- 21 December 1979
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Writers
- Robert Garland
- Budget
- $12,500,000
- Box office
- $61,801,971
- Countries
- United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions, Wildwood Enterprises
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Cast
Robert Redford
Jane Fonda
Valerie Perrine
Willie Nelson
John Saxon
Nicolas Coster
Allan Arbus
Wilford Brimley
Will Hare
Basil Hoffman