Former rodeo champion (and current alcoholic) Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) feels he's hit rock bottom when he starts shilling for a breakfast-cereal company. That's why, during an advertising stunt at a Las Vegas hotel, Steele rides off the stage and into the desert on a valuable but mistreated horse. Intrigued by the story, TV reporter Hallie Martin (Jane Fonda) goes after him in this Oscar-nominated comedic drama directed by Sydney Pollack.