The Electric Horseman poster

Movie · 1979

The Electric Horseman

Released 21 December 1979 More from 1979 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Nicolas Coster
as Fitzgerald
45
Wilford Brimley
as Farmer
45
John Saxon
as Hunt Sears
44
Basil Hoffman
as Toland
41
Valerie Perrine
as Charlotta
36
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
9years between the oldest and youngest billed
45Nicolas Coster — oldest on the call sheet
36Valerie Perrine — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast
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