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1979·Drama·2h 2m
7.1
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.
Directed by Sydney Pollack
rodeo
horse
doping
love
cowboy

Cast

Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Sonny
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Hallie
Valerie Perrine
Valerie Perrine
Charlotta
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Wendell
John Saxon
John Saxon
Hunt Sears
Nicolas Coster
Nicolas Coster
Fitzgerald
Allan Arbus
Allan Arbus
Danny
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley
Farmer
Will Hare
Will Hare
Gus
Basil Hoffman
Basil Hoffman
Toland
Timothy Scott
Timothy Scott
Leroy
James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking
Dietrich

Crew

Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
Director
Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Owen Roizman
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Ray Stark
Ray Stark
Producer
Kenny Endoso
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunts
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Songs
Bruce Paul Barbour
Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts
Michael D. Moore
Michael D. Moore
Second Unit Director
Mary Peters
Mary Peters
Stunts

Popular Reviews

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maya
maya
The Electric Horseman
animal activist on and off the screen…
my goat

Just meow with that moustache also jeez
animal activist on and off the screen…
my goat

Just meow with that moustache also jeez
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ezekiel
ezekiel
The Electric Horseman
robert redford manages to say, fuck it, i’m gonna give the horse girlies what they want and quite literally became one for this. 

seriously tho. i was promised a heavy alcoholic rodeo star all strapped in fairy lights figuring out a million dollar horse named rising star was being mistreated, so he proceeds to steal him and take him through vegasfollowed by jane fonda as a journalist wanting to put his story out there - leading to a romance blossoming whilst he sets said million dollar horse free into the countryside. and i was promised a dope as fuck soundtrack (willie nelson) and a dope as fuck cameo (willie nelson). and i was promised it’d be entertaining. and i was NOT disappointed. 

i loved this movie and would absolutely watch it again. robert redford i loved your magnificent hair. i’d kill to have him (or anybody for that matter) speak to me the same way robert redford spoke about that horse.

my kind of movie.
robert redford manages to say, fuck it, i’m gonna give the horse girlies what they want and quite literally became one for this. 

seriously tho. i was promised a heavy alcoholic rodeo star all strapped in fairy lights figuring out a million dollar horse named rising star was being mistreated, so he proceeds to steal him and take him through vegasfollowed by jane fonda as a journalist wanting to put his story out there - leading to a romance blossoming whilst he sets said million dollar horse free into the countryside. and i was promised a dope as fuck soundtrack (willie nelson) and a dope as fuck cameo (willie nelson). and i was promised it’d be entertaining. and i was NOT disappointed. 

i loved this movie and would absolutely watch it again. robert redford i loved your magnificent hair. i’d kill to have him (or anybody for that matter) speak to me the same way robert redford spoke about that horse.

my kind of movie.
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Saint Charles
Saint Charles
The Electric Horseman
Need that cowboy bad
Need that cowboy bad
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ebby
ebby
The Electric Horseman
Robert Redford as a cowboy? HOT.
Robert Redford as a cowboy? HOT.
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Abie
Abie
The Electric Horseman
Robert Redford as a cowboy? HOT.
Robert Redford as a cowboy? HOT.
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