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1980 film

Tom Horn is a 1980 American Western film directed by William Wiard and starring Steve McQueen as the legendary lawman, outlaw and gunfighter Tom Horn.

It was based on Horn's own writings.^[2][3][4]

Plot

Tom Horn, a legendary frontier scout and tracker who helped capture Geronimo, drifts around the quickly-disappearing Western frontier.

The story begins as he rides into a small town and provokes prizefighter Jim Corbett, ending up in a livery stable, unconscious and badly bruised.

Tom horn actor biography clint

Cattle company owner John Coble finds Horn in the livery, and offers him the use of his ranch to recuperate. He also offers him work investigating and deterring cattle rustlers who steal from the grazing association to which Coble belongs.

He implies that the association will support Horn in implementing vigilante justice. Horn accepts the offer, and receives the approval of U.S. marshal Joe Belle at an association picnic, where he also ca