Robert Mitchum plays Jeff McCloud, a washed up
rodeo star who happens to meet ranch hand Wes Merritt (Arthur Kennedy) and his wife, Louise (Susan Hayward).
Not exact matches
Luke Perry
stars in this biography of the late Lane Frost, a champion bull rider
who in 1987 won a
rodeo world championship at the tender age of 21.
As a counterpoint, The Rider features another real - life figure, Lane (Lane Scott), a
star rodeo rider
who is now paralyzed.
Brady's two most significant relationships are with his special needs sister, Lilly (Lilly Jandreau), and his former mentor and former all -
star cowboy, Lane (Lane Scott),
who is now physically and mentally handicapped after suffering his own
rodeo - related injury.
The remarkable Brady Jandreau — a
star in the making with no acting experience to lean on — tackles the central role of Lakota cowboy Brady Blackburn, a 20 - year - old saddle - bronc rider and horse trainer
who lives for the
rodeo.
Jandreau, an honest - to - gosh horse whisperer, plays rising
rodeo star Brady Blackburn,
who's sidelined after a riding accident that threatens to keep him off the circuit.
Hes done it again with The Longest Ride, a country - fied groaner about a broody
rodeo star (Luke son of Clint Eastwood)
who falls for an art school student (Tomorrowlands Britt Robertson).
The film
stars Brady Jandreau, a real - life trainer
who suffered a similar injury, alongside his sister, father and best friend Lane Scott (a
rodeo performer
who also suffered a traumatic injury).
, but it's relative newcomer Alden Ehrenreich
who comes out on top with his charming and hilarious turn as Hobie Doyle, a
rodeo star undergoing an image change.
She meets a
rodeo star (Wayne)
who sweeps her off her feet and makes her miss the bus.
More New Releases: «Sweet Virginia,» about a former
rodeo champ
who befriends a young man with a propensity for violence,
starring Jon Bernthal; «Beast of Burden,»
starring Daniel Radcliffe as a Mexican Cartel drug smuggler with a lot on his mind; and «The Six Degrees Collection,» a collection of six Kevin Bacon movies that includes «The Big Picture,» «Flatliners,» «Hollow Man,» «Trapped,» «In the Cut,» and «Where the Truth Lies.»