Synopsis
The Electric Horseman (1979) is an American drama-western romance you can watch online on iFILM. Sonny Steele used to be a five-time rodeo champion; now he hawks breakfast cereal in a light-up suit on a Las Vegas stage.
When the act hands him a twelve-million-dollar thoroughbred, Sonny notices the animal is being drugged to keep it docile. So he rides it straight off the stage and out into the Utah desert. TV reporter Hallie Martin (Jane Fonda) chases the story and stumbles onto something she wasn't looking for. Robert Redford plays Sonny as a worn-out idealist who decides that saving the horse is the only way left to save himself.
Director Sydney Pollack had worked with Redford many times before, and the two move through this one with easy, lived-in chemistry. Country legend Willie Nelson turns up in a supporting role with a handful of dry one-liners. It adds up to a gentle, funny western about rebelling against ad men and fakery, where the chase matters more than any shootout. Stream The Electric Horseman (1979) online on iFILM.
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