Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.
The film champions individual self-reliance and the defense of a traditional ranching lifestyle against the encroachment of ruthless corporate power, aligning its dominant themes with conservative values of property rights and tradition.
The movie features a traditional cast reflective of its 1978 Western genre and setting, without explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative centers on themes of land ownership and independence, with a strong female protagonist, but does not offer a critical portrayal of traditional identities or explicitly integrate DEI themes.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Comes a Horseman is an original film from 1978, not an adaptation of existing source material or a portrayal of historical figures. Therefore, its characters do not have a pre-established canonical or historical gender to be swapped.
This film is an original story with characters created for this specific production. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical racial depictions for its characters to be altered from.
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