Comes a Horseman (1978)

Storyline

Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage…they eventually find love. Comes a Horseman, the 1978 Alan J. Pakula cowboy western (“The great American Hero is now a heroine”; “She was as strong as the land for which she fought. And as vulnerable.”; “A story of love and freedom.”; “Written by Dennis Lynton Clark”; about rival ranch owners) starring James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Mark Harmon, George Grizzard, and Richard Farnsworth (in his nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award role)