The Electric Horseman is a 1979 English-language Comedy Western movie written by Robert Garland, Paul Gaer, Shelly Burton, David Rayfiel and Alvin Sargent. The movie is directed by Sydney Pollack and produced by Ray Stark under the banner of Universal Pictures in collaboration with Columbia Pictures and Wildwood Enterprises. Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights.. The electric horseman features Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Nicolas Coster and Sydney Pollack. The music was composed by Dave Grusin. Cinematography was done by Owen Roizman and editing by Sheldon Kahn. The motion picture has a running time of 121 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Electric Horseman was made on a budget of $12 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $61 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Universal Pictures.