The Electric Horseman

About The Electric Horseman

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.

The Electric Horseman is a 1979 comedy romance film directed by Sydney Pollack. Released in December 1979, it runs 122 minutes.

Robert Redford stars as Sonny, Jane Fonda as Hallie, Valerie Perrine as Charlotta, and Willie Nelson as Wendell. Written by Robert Garland. It was produced by Rastar Productions.

Shelv files it under horse, cowboy, rodeo, and doping. It streams on YouTube TV in the United States.

Toy Story 5, The Rider, and Centurion: The Dancing Stallion make useful companions to The Electric Horseman, all filed under love. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 173 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.