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The Electric Horseman

  • 1979
  • TMDB 6.1/10
  • 2h 2m

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.

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Overview

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.

Cast

  • Robert RedfordSonny
  • Jane FondaHallie
  • Valerie PerrineCharlotta
  • Willie NelsonWendell
  • John SaxonHunt Sears
  • Nicolas CosterFitzgerald
  • Allan ArbusDanny
  • Wilford BrimleyFarmer

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