
Open Range(2003)
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.


“See him before he sees you.”
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.

Steve McQueen
Tom Horn

Linda Evans
Glendolene Kimmel

Richard Farnsworth
John Coble

Billy Green Bush
Joe Belle

Slim Pickens
Sam Creedmore
Peter Canon
Assistant Prosecutor

Elisha Cook Jr.
Stable Hand

Roy Jenson
Mendenhour
James Kline
Arlo Chance

Geoffrey Lewis
Walter Stoll
Tom Horn is a western, action, drama film released in 1980 exploring themes of hero, ranch, trial, shootout, one man army, brutality. Directed by William Wiard, it stars Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth. A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.
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