| The Horsemen | |
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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Written by | Dalton Trumbo |
| Based on | Les cavaliers 1967 novel by Joseph Kessel |
| Produced by | Edward Lewis |
| Starring | Omar Sharif Leigh Taylor-Young Jack Palance |
| Cinematography | André Domage James Wong Howe Claude Renoir |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Distributed by | Columbia |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.7 million[1] |
The Horsemen is a 1971 American adventure film starring Omar Sharif, directed by John Frankenheimer; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Based on a 1967 novel by French writer Joseph Kessel, Les Cavaliers (The Horsemen) shows Afghanistan and its people the way they were before the wars that wracked the country, particularly their love for the sport of buzkashi. The film was filmed in Afghanistan and Spain.
- ^ "Frankenheimer a hothead with an up-down film record". Los Angeles Times. Jul 18, 1971. ProQuest 156831607 – via ProQuest.