Warner brother pictures, warner home video, color, aspect ratio 2. During his childhood, the young tom suffered physical abuse from. Tom horn, a legendary frontier scout and tracker who helped capture geronimo, drifts around the quickly disappearing western frontier. Steve mcqueen stars as a legend brought to life in this story of a great american hero battling a gang of cattle rustlers in turnofthecentury wyoming. Among steve mcqueens filmography, tom horn doesnt get mentioned enough.
Tom horn was also present at geronimos final surrender at skeleton canyon, arizona, on september 4, 1886, acting as an interpreter. He eventually rose to the position of chief of scouts. This was the penultimate movie for 50yearold steve mcqueen, who was dying of cancer in 1980. Marshal joe belle, slim pickens sheriff sam creedmore, peter canon assistant prosecutor, elisha cook jr.
The family owned 600 acres bisected by the south wyaconda river between the towns of granger and etna. Stablehand, roy jenson lee medenhour, james kline arlo chance, geoffrey lewis walter stoll, harry northup. 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. In 1902 horn was convicted of the murder of 14yearold willie nickell near iron mountain, wyoming, for which crime he was hanged. November 21, 1860 november 20, 1903 was an american old west scout, who carried out various lines of work, including hired gunman, detective, cowboy, and soldier. Tom horn simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Find the perfect steve mcqueen tom horn 1980 stock photo. Based on a true story, steve mcqueen the films executive producer stars as bounty hunter tom horn in wyoming who winds down his long. Brief synopsis famed lawman tom horn is hired to stop cattle rustlers but when he gets too good at his job, the men who hired him need to find a way to get rid of him my take on it this was steve mcqueens final film and apparently during filming he was extremely sick.
A renowned gunslinger with a storied past, tom horn steve mcqueen opts for a reclusive life until he starts working for rancher john coble richard farnsworth. Technoeugenics for the neofeudal age tom horn interview, by alex ansary. Rumor has it that cern, the mysterious entity behind the large hadron collider project, is attempting to open a portal in the heavens to access the other side. Thelife after death official collection the world turned upside down special offer. A box office failure upon release, many theories exist as to why, from mcqueens sixyear absence on the screen to the downbeat ending to the western itself being out of fashion by 1980. Tom horn is an american western movie that was written by thomas mcguane and bud shrake. He is believed to have committed 17 killings throughout the west as a hired gunman. Tom horn 1980 official trailer steve mcqueen, linda evans movie hd a renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down.
In point of fact, the real tom horns weapon of choice was the leveraction 30. The trial of tom horn was one of the biggest events in cheyenne, wyoming, in 1902. Tom horn 1980 cast and crew a renowned gunslinger with a storied past, tom horn steve mcqueen opts for a reclusive life until he starts working for rancher john coble richard farnsworth. Tom horn 1980 official trailer steve mcqueen, linda evans movie hd duration. Find the perfect linda evans tom horn 1980 stock photo. November 21, 1860 november 20, 1903 was an american old west lawman, scout, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin. Horn also published under the name thomas horn is an internationally recognized lecturer, radio host and best selling author of several books including his newest books, petrus romanus. Based on things we have seen and heard, there is a disconcerting occult dimension to this project. Directed by william wiard, the movie features steve mcqueen, linda evans and richard farnsworth.
Rent tom horn 1980 starring steve mcqueen and linda evans on dvd and bluray. Investigating livestock theft, horn is brutal when dealing with criminals, and while his presence is initially appreciated. An exarmy scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers. An exarmy scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he kills a boy. For a book written in the 1800s, this was a surprisingly easy read. He was awaiting execution for the murder of willie nickell when he and a pal broke out of the cheyenne, wy jail on august 9, 1903. He saw heavy action in numerous fights with apache warriors. 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. Conspiracy theorists are running wild with the latest scientific news coming out of switzerland. Its the story of a famous stock detective who hunted down rustlers in wyoming around the turn of the century after a career as an indian scout in arizona. Steve mcqueen tom horn, linda evans gendolene kimmel, richard farnsworth john c. Find the editorial stock photo of steve mcqueen, and more photos in the shutterstock collection of editorial photography. It was during production that mcqueen had trouble breathing and was later determined to have a rare form of lung cancer called malignant.
November 21, 1860 november 20, 1903 was an american scout, cowboy, soldier, range detective, and pinkerton agent in the 19thcentury and early 20thcentury american old west. Tom horn is a 1980 western film directed by william wiard and starring steve mcqueen as the. Tom horn was a civilian scout in the apache wars between 1849 and 1886, in arizona. Watch tom horn full movie in hd visit a renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds. With steve mcqueen, linda evans, richard farnsworth, billy green bush. For other people named thomas horn, see thomas horn disambiguation. One of tom horns comments, during the confession, it was the best shot that i ever made and the dirtiest trick that i ever done, would prove to be one of most damning pieces of evidence at his trial. Based on a true story, steve mcqueen the films executive producer stars as bounty hunter tom horn in wyoming who winds down his long career of heroism as civilization moves westward at the turn. Steve mcqueen, linda evans, richard farnsworth, billy green bush, slim pickens, william wiard, fred weintraub, steve. The final pope is here, forbidden gates and apollyon rising 2012. Overview of tom horn, 1980, directed by william wiard, with steve mcqueen, linda evans, billy green bush, at turner classic movies. The story follows the life of tom horn, a frontier tracker and scout who assisted in the capture of geronimo. In 1901, tom horn, a renowned former army scout, is hired by ranchers in wyoming territory to hunt down rustlers, but finds himself on trial for.
The film was still being reedited ahead of its march 1980 release date. Tom hornsteve mcqueen, linda evans, richard farnsworth, slim pickens, geoffrey lewis 1980. Tom horn was the first and only mcqueen vehicle to receive an r rating. March 28, 1980 tom horn is available at on dvd, as part of the essential steve mcqueen collection, and on vhs.
Based on poor research, the movie screenwriters then concocted a story in which tom horn lugged around a governmentissue leveraction 45. Tom horn 1980 a renowned gunslinger with a storied past, tom horn steve mcqueen opts for a reclusive life until he starts working for rancher john coble richard farnsworth. Originally published in movietone news 6667, march 1981 there are so many bad signs on tom horn going in, and so many holes to overleap while watching it, the marvel is that it lingers in the mind as a rather ingratiating picture. Deutsch espanol euskara francais bahasa indonesia italiano. Tom horn 1980 official trailer steve mcqueen, linda evans. Though horn begins seeing pretty local teacher glendolene kimmel linda evans, he remains restless. But the historical fact is that tom horn used a much smaller leveraction 30. The location of tom horns socalled confession is on the second floor of the wyoming home furniture store in downtown cheyenne, 210 west lincolnway, in a room featuring a bay window. Right away one distrusts a movie with a directorforhire from tv and a superstar for executive producer, especially when that superstar has been having a tetchy. Thomas horn author of petrus romanus, the final pope is here. Tom horn, le horslaloi action film complet en francais. Horn grabbed a semiautomatic pistol from a jailer as he ran.
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