Tom Horn
Tom Horn is a 1980 American Western film directed by William Wiard and starring Steve McQueen as the legendary lawman, outlaw and gunfighter Tom Horn. It was based on Horn's own writings.
Plot
Tom Horn, a legendary frontier scout and tracker who helped capture Geronimo, is a drifter in the disappearing Western frontier at the turn of the twentieth century. The story begins as he rides into a small town and encounters prizefighter Jim Corbett. Horn ends up in a livery stable, unconscious and badly bruised.
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author | Thomas McGuane |
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director | William Wiard |
editor | George Grenville |
events | capital punishment |
genre | western |
keywords | cattle rancher frontier scout geronimo james j. corbett jim corbett kill livery stable rustle set up small town tom horn warn western front young boy |
musicBy | Ernest Gold |
producer | Fred Weintraub |
productionCompany | First Artists |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
theme | biographical |