The Jack Bull

Apr 17, 1999

1h 56m

★ 6.4

All men want justice. Few are willing to pay the price.

Overview

When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sacrifices it all in a quest for justice.

Genres

Western

TV Movie

Production Companies

New Crime Productions

River One Films

The Jack Bull Trailers

Cast

Myrl Redding

John Cusack

Judge Tolliver

John Goodman

Henry Ballard

L.Q. Jones

Cora Redding

Miranda Otto

Slater

John Savage

Shelby Dykes

Rex Linn

Woody

John C. McGinley

Conrad

Kurt Fuller

Cage Redding

Drake Bell

Col. Jeffries

Glenn Morshower

Kermit Dover

Ned Bellamy

Atty. Gen. Metcalfe

Jay O. Sanders

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