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The Electric Horseman (1979)
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Overview
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.
Rated PG | Length 122 minutes
Actors
Robert Redford | Jane Fonda | Valerie Perrine | Willie Nelson | John Saxon | Nicolas Coster | Allan Arbus | Wilford Brimley | Will Hare | Basil Hoffman | Timothy Scott | James Sikking | James Kline | Frank Speiser | Quinn K. Redeker | Lois Hamilton | Sarah Harris | Tasha Zemrus | James Novak | Debra L. Maxwell | Michele Heyeden | Robin Timm | Patricia Blair | Gary M. Fox | Richard Perlmutter | Carol Eileen Montgomery | Theresa Ann Dent | Perry Sheehan | Sarge Allen | Sylvie Strause | Richard Knoll | Angelo Giouzelis | Mark Jamison | Brendan Kelly | Sheila B. Wakely | X.V. Kelly | Gary Shermaine | Gary Liddiard | Jerry Kurland | J. Carlton Adair | Charles J. Monahan | George W. Etter | Raymond G. Maupin | Bob C. Barrett | Red McIlvaine | Frank Nicholas | Johnny Magnus | Vic Vallaro | Bob Bailey | Roger Lowe | Bernie Pollack | Sydney Pollack | Tom Willett | Lori Randolph