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The Electric Horseman
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.
1979 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 122 min · Drama · Romance · Comedy · Western · 10 frames
Tagline
He's a washed-up loser. But sometimes losers can be heroes...
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Garland
- Cinematography: Owen Roizman
- Edited by: Sheldon Kahn
- Music: Dave Grusin
- Production design: Stephen B. Grimes
- Produced by: Ray Stark
Cast
- Robert Redford as Sonny
- Jane Fonda as Hallie
- Valerie Perrine as Charlotta
- Willie Nelson as Wendell
- John Saxon as Hunt Sears
- Nicolas Coster as Fitzgerald
- Allan Arbus as Danny
- Wilford Brimley as Farmer
- Will Hare as Gus
- Basil Hoffman as Toland
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions, Wildwood Enterprises
- Budget: $12,500,000
- Box office: $61,801,971
- Themes: rodeo, horse, doping, love, cowboy
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