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.
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Classical in form, effortless, resolved and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Robert RedfordSonny
- Jane FondaHallie
- Valerie PerrineCharlotta
- Willie NelsonWendell
- John SaxonHunt Sears
- Nicolas CosterFitzgerald
- Allan ArbusDanny
- Wilford BrimleyFarmer
- Will HareGus
- Basil HoffmanToland
Crew
- Sydney PollackDirector
- Robert GarlandScreenplay
- Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
- Sheldon KahnEditor
- Ray StarkProducer
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