The Jack Bull

"The Jack Bull" (1999) is a made for television western, produced for HBO, and directed by John Badham. The film is loosely based on "Michael Kohlhaas", a novel by Heinrich von Kleist, with the script by Dick Cusack. Much of the movie was filmed at the CL Ranch and the Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary, Alberta.

Plot summary

The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding (John Cusack), a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard (L.Q. Jones), a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy (Rodney A. Grant). When a local judge 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 of Wyoming's bid for statehood.

Cast

* John Cusack - Myrl Redding
* John Goodman - Judge Tolliver
* L.Q. Jones - Henry Ballard
* Miranda Otto - Cora Redding
* John C. McGinley - Woody
* Rodney A. Grant - Billy
* Kurt Fuller - Conrad
* Rex Linn - Shelby Dykes
* Drake Bell - Cage Redding
* Scott Wilson - Governor
* Dick Cusack - Jury Foreman

oundtrack

* Music by Lennie Niehaus
* "Ring Them Bells" - Bob Dylan

External links

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