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The Jack Bull is a 1999 American Western television film directed by John Badham and written by Dick Cusack, loosely inspired by Heinrich von Kleist 's 1810 novel Michael Kohlhaas. It stars John Cusack, John Goodman, L. Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, and John C. McGinley, and aired on HBO on April 17, 1999. Much of the movie was filmed at the CL Ranch ...
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The Jack Bull: Directed by John Badham. With John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto. After being wrongfully denied justice, a horse trader seeks his own justice on a treacherous rancher.
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- Drama, Western
- John Badham
- 1999-04-17
“The Jack Bull” is “based upon a true story,” although you won’t find the underlying legend in any history of the Wild, Wild West. The source is the fact-based German novel “Michael ...
The Jack Bull ★★½ 1999 (R)Cusack's father adapted a 19thcentury Ger man novel, “Michael Kohlhaas” by Hein rich Von Kleist, into a 19thcentury American western, set in Wyoming. Myrl Red ding (Cusack) is a peaceful horse trader who demands justice when wealthy land owner Henry Ballard (Jones) beats two of Redding's horses and their ...
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's complaint, the war he wages to force Ballard to nurse the emaciated animals back to health escalates into a ...
Apr 17, 1999 · The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's complaint, the war he wages to force Ballard to nurse the emaciated animals back to health escalates into a vigilante manhunt, murder and the possible defeat ...
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Apr 14, 1999 · John Cusack stars as Myrl Redding, a horse trader who locks horns with wealthy landowner Henry Ballard (L.Q. Jones) over Wyoming’s impending statehood. Their minor disagreement escalates when ...