Comes a Horseman

Comes a Horseman (1978)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

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Old man Ewing (Jason Robards) owns a ranch right next to the ranch of Ella (Jane Fonda). This is a source of two problems: Ewing wants to gobble up most of the land around the two ranches and also wants Ella's ranch; secondly, when Ella was too young to know better, she went to bed with the man,… More

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PG, 1 hr. 59 min.
Directed By
Alan J. Pakula
Written By
Dennis Lynton Clark
Genres
Western, Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance
In Theaters
Oct 25, 1978 Wide
On DVD
Sep 4, 2001
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Pakula approaches the open spaces of the frontier to escape from urban claustrophobia and instead finds reflections of it

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    A good-enough Western that I can only really recommend to genre fans, or people who have some particularly strong affection for one or another of the actors.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Desperately tries to become monumental in the manner of a John Ford metaphorical Western.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Richard Farnsworth shines with his portrait of the archetypal cowboy--crafty, self-reliant and industrious.

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