He's a washed-up loser. But sometimes losers can be heroes...
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.
Directed bySydney Pollack
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 21, 1979
- Budget
- $12,500,000
- Revenue
- $61,801,971
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![The Electric Horseman (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gE6BOu2dAlk/hqdefault.jpg)
Featuring
Cast & crew
Robert Redford
Sonny
Jane Fonda
Hallie
Valerie Perrine
Charlotta
Willie Nelson
Wendell
John Saxon
Hunt Sears
Nicolas Coster
Fitzgerald
Allan Arbus
Danny
Wilford Brimley
Farmer
Will Hare
Gus
Basil Hoffman
Toland
- Directed by
- Sydney Pollack
- Written by
- Robert Garland
- Produced by
- Ray Stark
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