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.
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
cattle drive
oil
oil industry
neo-western
cattle baron
1940s
oil exploration
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3.3 / 5
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Cast
James Caan
Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Jane Fonda
Ella Connors
Jason Robards
Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
George Grizzard
Neil Atkinson
Richard Farnsworth
Dodger
Mark Harmon
Billy Joe Meynert
Macon McCalman
Virgil Hoverton
Basil Hoffman
George Bascomb
James Keach
Emil Kroegh
Jim Davis
Julie Blocker
Cary Huff
Army Bugler (uncredited)
Crew
Alan J. Pakula
Director
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
Gene Kirkwood
Producer
Robert Chartoff
Executive Producer
Irwin Winkler
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Timothy Kandra
Like Brokeback Mountain if you take out the LGBTQ stuff and make the characters boring instead of interesting.
Like Brokeback Mountain if you take out the LGBTQ stuff and make the characters boring instead of interesting.
