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Overview

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6.1/10   770 votes
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Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Writer:
Dennis Lynton Clark (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 October 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Western | Romance more
Tagline:
She was as strong as the land for which she fought. And as vunerable. more
Plot:
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins more
User Comments:
slow paced but enjoyable more

Cast

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James Caan ... Frank 'Buck' Athearn

Jane Fonda ... Ella Connors

Jason Robards ... Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
George Grizzard ... Neil Atkinson

Richard Farnsworth ... Dodger
Jim Davis ... Julie Blocker

Mark Harmon ... Billy Joe Meynert

Macon McCalman ... Virgil Hoverton

Basil Hoffman ... George Bascomb
James Kline ... Ralph Cole
James Keach ... Emil Kroegh
Clifford A. Pellow ... Cattle Buyer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Stunt man Jim Sheppard was killed when a horse that was dragging him veered from its course and caused him to hit his head on a fence post. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Ewing is shot and falls of his horse, his foot slips THROUGH the stirrup. When the horse gallops away, the foot of the stuntman doubling for Jason Robards is TIED to the stirrup by a long strap, that can be safely released. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997) (TV) more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
slow paced but enjoyable, 19 June 2001
Author: rebelmank2001 from New York

Fonda, looking great without make up, all natural and tough, won the oscar for Coming Home the same year this overlooked gem was released. Alan P.directed her in Klute as well, and later on, in the boring Rollover in '81... Late, great Richard Farnsworth gives sad knowing performance, tho' at times, seems out of breath. Robards plays bad guy to gritty eely perfection, nice balance off mellow cattle poke Caan

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