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.
James Caan
as Frank 'Buck' Athearn
Jane Fonda
as Ella Connors
Jason Robards
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
George Grizzard
as Neil Atkinson
Richard Farnsworth
as Dodger
Mark Harmon
as Billy Joe Meynert
Macon McCalman
as Virgil Hoverton
Basil Hoffman
as George Bascomb
James Keach
as Emil Kroegh
Jim Davis
as Julie Blocker
James Kline
as Ralph Cole
Clifford A. Pellow
as Cattle Buyer