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Tom Horn

Tom Horn

6,4 /10 (133 Votes)
1980 EN 94 min

Overview

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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Release date

28/03/1980

Votes

133

Popularity

2.0

See him before he sees you.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

94 min

Revenue

$9,000,000

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Tom Horn

Linda Evans

Linda Evans

Glendolene Kimmel

Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

John Coble

Billy Green Bush

Billy Green Bush

Joe Belle

Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Sam Creedmore

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Peter Canon

Assistant Prosecutor

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Stable Hand

Roy Jenson

Roy Jenson

Mendenhour

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James Kline

Arlo Chance

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

Walter Stoll

Harry Northup

Harry Northup

Burke

Steve Oliver

Steve Oliver

"Gentleman" Jim Corbett

Bill Thurman

Bill Thurman

Ora Haley

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Bobby Bass

Corbett's Bodyguard

Mickey Jones

Mickey Jones

Brown's Hole Rustler

B.J. Ward

B.J. Ward

Cattle Baron

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Richard Brewer

Corbett's Bodyguard

Mel Novak

Mel Novak

Corbett's Bodyguard

Tom Tarpey

Tom Tarpey

Corbett's Bodyguard

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Bob West

Corbett's Bodyguard

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Richard Kennedy

John Cleveland

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Larry Strawbridge

MacGregor

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Pat Johnson

Ora Haley's Bodyguard

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Jim Burgdorf

Dart

Jerry Wills

Jerry Wills

Rash

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Walter Wyatt

Isam

Bob Orrison

Bob Orrison

Matt

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Fargo Graham

Auctioneer

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Leo Hohler

Auction Deputy

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Erik Owens

Boy at Auction

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Tom Ferguson

Brown's Hole Rustlers

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Joe Massangale

Brown's Hole Rustlers

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Dave Moordigian

Brown's Hole Rustlers

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Michael E. Perry

Brown's Hole Rustlers

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Jimmy H. Burk

Slaughter House Man

Bill Hart

Bill Hart

Slaughter House Man

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Dan Corry

Windmill Man

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Jeffrey Meyer

Gunfighter

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Clarke Coleman

Jimmy Nolt

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Mike Chambers

Man in Feed Store

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Bob Kern

Man in Feed Store

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W. H. Manooch

Man in Feed Store

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Fred O'Dell

Man in Feed Store

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Drummond Barclay

Charlie Ohnhouse

Chuck Hayward

Chuck Hayward

Deputy Proctor

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Tom Runyon

Bartender

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John L. Hallett

Reporter

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Jerry L. Jackson

Reporter

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Larry Hollister

Bailiff

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Victor Spelta

Man in Bar

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Jack Webster

Kid Deputy

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Alan L. Brown

Guard

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Robert Elliot

Guard

Gilbert B. Combs

Gilbert B. Combs

Horn's Capturer

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Mike H. McGaughy

Horn's Capturer

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Rock A. Walker

Horn's Capturer

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J. P. S. Brown

Padre

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Lee Barton

Cowboy

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Roe Henson

Cowboy

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Paul Pinnt

Cowboy

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Chuck Henson

Steer Roping Sequence

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Claude Henson

Steer Roping Sequence

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H.P. Evetts

Horse Breaking Sequence

Jeff Ramsey

Jeff Ramsey

Horse Breaking Sequence

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Bud Stout

Horse Breaking Sequence

Gary Combs

Gary Combs

Horse Breaking Sequence

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Walter Scott

Horn's Capturer

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Bert Williams

Judge

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Jimmy Medearis

Trick Rider

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-09-22

⭐ 7

Someday, you're going to have to pay for your way of life, Tom. Tom Horn is directed by William Wiard and adapted to screenplay by Thomas McGuane and Bud Schrake from Horn's own autobiography. It stars Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush and Slim Pickens. Music is by Ernest Gold and cinematography by John A. Alonzo. Plot finds McQueen as legendary army tracker - turned hired gun - Tom Horn, who is hired by Wyoming ranchers to see off cattle rustlers, only to see them turn against him when his methods threaten their reputation. As a big fan of both Western…

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2020-11-17

⭐ 6

_**The passing of the Old West with Steve McQueen**_ The legendary Tom Horn was a cowboy, a scout, a stage coach worker, a soldier assisting with the capture of Geronimo, a Pinkerton, a range detective and he fought at The Battle of San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. In 1901 he rides into the Wyoming Territory at 40 years of age where he is hired to kill rustlers, but is eventually accused of shooting a 14 year-old shepherd boy, a crime for which most authorities believe he was framed. "Tom Horn" (1980) was reportedly a troubled production. Steve McQueen in the title rol…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2026-03-09

⭐ 7

This has the look of a labour of love to it for the clearly ailing Steve McQueen as he plays the ill-fated scout turned enforcer and the nineteenth century comes to it’s end. Horn has been drafted in by some local cattle barons to help thwart rustling, but what he doesn’t appreciate is that he is just another tool for ambitious men and despite the advice of the benign Coble (Richard Farnsworth), most of this community would have no compunction in using him for his skills with a gun then surrendering him up, like a lamb to the slaughter, when his usefulness ended. That scenario emerges after he…

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