The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman
The Electric Horseman
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sydney Pollack
Written by	Paul Gaer; Robert Garland;
Story by	Shelly Burton
Produced by	Ray Stark
Starring	Robert Redford; Jane Fonda; Valerie Perrine; Willie Nelson;
Cinematography	Owen Roizman
Edited by	Sheldon Kahn
Music by	Dave Grusin
Production; companies	Universal Pictures; Columbia Pictures; Wildwood Enterprises; Rastar Films;
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (United States); Universal Pictures (through Cinema International Corporation; International);
Release date	December 21, 1979;
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12.5 million
Box office	$61.8 million

The Electric Horseman is a 1979 American western comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film is about a former rodeo champion who is hired by a cereal company to become its spokesperson and then runs away on a $12 million electric-lit horse and costume he is given to promote it in Las Vegas after he finds that the horse has been abused.