Comes a Horseman

This article is about a 1978 film. For the Highlander episode, see Comes a Horseman (Highlander).
Comes a Horseman

Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Produced by Gene Kirkwood
Dan Paulson
Written by Dennis Lynton Clark
Starring Jane Fonda
James Caan
Jason Robards
Richard Farnsworth
Cinematography Gordon Willis
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
  • October 25, 1978
Running time
 118 minutes

Comes a Horseman is a 1978 film starring James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, and Richard Farnsworth, directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Set in the American West of the 1940s but not a typical Western, it tells the story of two ranchers (Caan and Fonda) whose small operation is threatened both by economic hardship and the expansionist dreams of a local land baron (Robards).

Farnsworth, a former stuntman, received a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his performance.

A stuntman working on this film, Jim Sheppard, was killed while doing a scene where Robards' character is dragged to (presumably) his death. A horse dragging him veered from its course and caused Sheppard to hit his head on a fence post. The scene made it into the movie, although it is cut right before the horse passes through the gate where the fatal accident occurred.

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