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The Horsemen

Play trailer Poster for The Horsemen PG,  1971,  1h 50m,  Drama/ Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 30% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 57% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
30% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
An Afghan sheik's (Jack Palance) son (Omar Sharif) tries to prove himself to his father in the grueling equestrian game of buzkashi.

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Derek Malcolm Guardian Mar 18, 2020
I refuse to believe that the dreadful Hollywood-archaic screenplay which numbs The Horsemen (Astoria) was entirely the work of Dalton Trumbo as the credits vouchsafe. Go to Full Review
Margaret Hinxman Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 18, 2020
The result is curiously stodgy, over-reverent. Go to Full Review
David Robinson Financial Times Mar 18, 2020
For all its overlength, however, it is reasonably beguiling on its [road to] nowhere. Go to Full Review
Dilys Powell Sunday Times (UK) Mar 18, 2020
I have long admired Mr Frankenheimer's talents, but they are overlaid here by local colour (splendid photography by Claude Renoir). Go to Full Review
Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Nov 19, 2018
Director John Frankenheimer can't be faulted for a lack of serious purpose, just for a lack of material to fit his purpose. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Dec 29, 2014
C+
The location shots in Afghanistan (and some in Spain) are off-beat and stunning, and are the best reason to see this film. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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John Frankenheimer

Director

Omar Sharif

Uraz

Leigh Taylor-Young

Zareh

Jack Palance

Tursen

David de Keyser

Actor

Peter Jeffrey

Actor

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The Horsemen

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Movie Info

Synopsis An Afghan sheik's (Jack Palance) son (Omar Sharif) tries to prove himself to his father in the grueling equestrian game of buzkashi.
Director
John Frankenheimer
Producer
Edward Lewis
Screenwriter
Joseph Kessel, Dalton Trumbo
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 24, 1971, Original
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Mono
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