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. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Cast
Robert Redford
Sonny
Jane Fonda
Hallie
Valerie Perrine
Charlotta
Willie Nelson
Wendell
John Saxon
Hunt Sears
Nicolas Coster
Fitzgerald
Allan Arbus
Danny
Wilford Brimley
Farmer
Will Hare
Gus
Basil Hoffman
Toland
Timothy Scott
Leroy
James B. Sikking
Dietrich
James Kline
Tommy
Frank Speiser
Bernie
Quinn K. Redeker
Bud Broderick
Lois Hamilton
Joanna Camden
Sarah Harris
Lucinda
Tasha Zemrus
Louise
James Novak
Dennis
Debra L. Maxwell
Convention Hostess
Michele Heyeden
Sunny Angel
Robin Timm
Model Narrator
Patricia Blair
Fashion Narrator
Gary M. Fox
Bellman
Richard Perlmutter
Desk Clerk
Carol Eileen Montgomery
Carol
Theresa Ann Dent
Ranch Breakfast Model
Perry Sheehan
Mrs. George Phillips
Sarge Allen
Mr. Phillips
Sylvie Strause
Matron
Richard Knoll
Dealer
Angelo Giouzelis
Maitre D'
Mark Jamison
Major Domo
Brendan Kelly
Grocer
Sheila B. Wakely
Store Clerk
X.V. Kelly
Sheriff
Gary Shermaine
Trucker
Gary Liddiard
Townsman
Jerry Kurland
Ampco Personnel
J. Carlton Adair
Ampco Personnel
Charles J. Monahan
Ampco Personnel
George W. Etter
Ampco Personnel
Raymond G. Maupin
Ampco Personnel
Bob C. Barrett
Ampco Personnel
Red McIlvaine
Reporter
Frank Nicholas
Reporter
Johnny Magnus
Reporter
Vic Vallaro
Reporter
Bob Bailey
Reporter
Roger Lowe
Reporter
Bernie Pollack
Blackjack Player Watching Sonny Ride (uncredited)
Sydney Pollack
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Tom Willett
Pedestrian Walking Past Sonny's Cadillac (uncredited)
Crew
Sydney Pollack
Director
Robert Garland
Screenplay
Sheldon Kahn
Editor
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Bart Roe
Second Assistant Director
John R. Kittleson
Second Assistant Director
Hope R. Goodwin
Assistant Director
Ray Stark
Producer
Stephen B. Grimes
Production Design
Jennifer Shull
Casting
Bernie Pollack
Costume Design
Marina Pedraza
Hairstylist
Shirley Padgett
Hairstylist
Bernadine M. Anderson
Makeup Artist
Mike Moschella
Makeup Artist
Gary Liddiard
Makeup Artist
Michael D. Moore
Second Unit Director
Gordon Davidson
Supervising Sound Editor
Curt Schulkey
Sound Editor
William A. Sawyer
Sound Editor
Ross Taylor
Sound Editor
Robert A. Reich
Sound Editor
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Al Overton Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Neil Burrow
Sound Assistant
John E. Davis
Sound Assistant
A.J. Thrasher
Special Effects
R. Bruce Steinheimer
Special Effects
Cy Guerrier
Special Effects
Walter Dion
Special Effects
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
Dennis Dion
Special Effects
John J. Hawkins
Special Effects
Don Sevart
Special Effects
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Willie Nelson
Songs
Mary Swanson
Set Decoration
Emad Helmy
Set Dresser
Kenny Endoso
Stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunts
Sonny Shields
Stunts
Roger Creed
Stunts
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
Ralph Garrett
Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts
Rock A. Walker
Stunts
Mollie McCall
Stunts
Corky Behrle
Stunts
Rick Seaman
Stunts
Mary Peters
Stunts
J. Dennis Washington
Art Direction
