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The Electric Horseman (1979)

PG 122 min  -  Comedy | Western | Drama  -   21 December 1979 (USA)
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Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights... See full summary »

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Writers:

Robert Garland (screenplay), Paul Gaer (screen story), and 3 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Redford ...
Sonny
Jane Fonda ...
Hallie
Valerie Perrine ...
Charlotta
Willie Nelson ...
Wendell
John Saxon ...
Hunt Sears
Nicolas Coster ...
Fitzgerald
Allan Arbus Allan Arbus ...
Danny
Wilford Brimley ...
Farmer
Will Hare Will Hare ...
Gus
Basil Hoffman ...
Toland
Timothy Scott Timothy Scott ...
Leroy
James Sikking ...
Dietrich (as James B. Sikking)
James Kline James Kline ...
Tommy
Frank Speiser Frank Speiser ...
Bernie
Quinn K. Redeker Quinn K. Redeker ...
Bud Broderick (as Quinn Redeker)
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Storyline

Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are going drug the horse in case its too frisky, he rides off into the desert... Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Horse | Breakfast Cereal | Exploitation | Road Movie | Pain Killer  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Western | Drama | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

El jinete eléctrico See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$61,801,971 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Director Sydney Pollack is also the voice of Les, Hallie Martin's boss, on the phone when she calls from the coffee shop to say that she's interviewed Sonny Steele. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The video footage shown on television of Sonny Steele's speech about the horse doesn't match what Alice would have actually shot. The camera movement, lighting and direction of where Steele was facing while talking is completely different. See more »

Quotes

Ampco Industries PR Man: Grace, why don't you stand in front of that poster with Sonny, and Steve can take your picture to bring home.
Sonny Steele: Oh, no, why don't you just take a picture of Grace in front of that picture of me with that box with the picture of me on the box holding the picture of me with the picture of me? Then you've got Grace, and you've got a whole bunch of pictures of me.
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Connections

Referenced in "American Dad!: Moon Over Isla Island (#6.2)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"So You Think You're a Cowboy"
(uncredited)
Composed by Hank Cochran See more »