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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.
Theatrical
Dec 21, 1979
Box Office
$61.8M
Budget
$12.5M
Return
4.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 6, 1998
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Robert Garland
Producer
Music
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Rastar Productions, Wildwood Enterprises
Quotes
See all →A Question of Past Connections
Man
Hey! Hey, Hallie! Hallie Martin! We met in New York, remember?
Hallie
Did we like each other?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Apology for Late Arrival at Press Conference
Hallie
Mr. Steele, why were you 45 minutes late to the press conference?
Sonny
Well, I'd like to apologize for that. I was giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to a bottle of tequila. And, we lost her too.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Redford
Sonny
J
Jane Fonda
Hallie
V
Valerie Perrine
Charlotta
W
Willie Nelson
Wendell
J
John Saxon
Hunt Sears
N
Nicolas Coster
Fitzgerald
A
Allan Arbus
Danny
W
Wilford Brimley
Farmer
W
Will Hare
Gus
B
Basil Hoffman
Toland
T
Timothy Scott
Leroy
J
James B. Sikking
Dietrich
J
James Kline
Tommy
Q
Quinn K. Redeker
Bud Broderick
L
Lois Hamilton
Joanna Camden
P
Patricia Blair
Fashion Narrator
P
Perry Sheehan
Mrs. George Phillips
S
Sylvie Strause
Matron
B
Brendan Kelly
Grocer
G
Gary Liddiard
Townsman
