Comes a Horseman - Wikipedia Comes a Horseman This article is about a 1978 film. For the Highlander episode, see Comes a Horseman ( Highlander ). This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2010 ) Comes a Horseman film poster by Robert McGinnis 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 Edited by Marion Rothman Distributed by United Artists Release date October 25, 1978 ( 1978 - 10 - 25 ) Running time 118 minutes Comes a Horseman is a 1978 American western drama film starring Jane Fonda, James Caan, 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 nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. The film itself was a critical and commercial success grossing $ 44.3 million at the box office. 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. Cast James Caan as Frank `` Buck '' Athearn Jane Fonda as Ella Connors Jason Robards as Jacob ' J.W. ' Ewing George Grizzard as Neil Atkinson Richard Farnsworth as Dodger Jim Davis as July Blocker Mark Harmon as Billy Joe Meynert Macon McCalman as Virgil Hoverton Basil Hoffman as George Bascomb James Kline as Ralph Cole James Keach as Emil Kroegh External links Comes a Horseman on IMDb Comes a Horseman at Rotten Tomatoes Films directed by Alan J. Pakula The Sterile Cuckoo ( 1969 ) Klute ( 1971 ) Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing ( 1973 ) The Parallax View ( 1974 ) All the President 's Men ( 1976 ) Comes a Horseman ( 1978 ) Starting Over ( 1979 ) Rollover ( 1981 ) Sophie 's Choice ( 1982 ) Dream Lover ( 1986 ) Orphans ( 1987 ) See You in the Morning ( 1989 ) Presumed Innocent ( 1990 ) Consenting Adults ( 1992 ) The Pelican Brief ( 1993 ) The Devil 's Own ( 1997 ) This 1970s Western film -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comes_a_Horseman&oldid=808395320 '' Categories : 1978 films 1970s Western ( genre ) films 1970s drama films Neo-Western films American films American Western ( genre ) films American drama films English - language films Films directed by Alan J. Pakula United Artists films Films set in the 1940s 1970s Western ( genre ) film stubs Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from April 2010 All articles lacking sources All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Español Français Italiano Lëtzebuergesch Norsk Polski Português Edit links This page was last edited on 2 November 2017, at 16 : 30. About Wikipedia

Question: when was the movie comes a horseman made
Answer: 1978