---
title: 'The Hired Hand (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Fonda'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hired-hand-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067204/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hired Hand (1971)

1971 · 90 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Hired Hand is a 1971 American Western film directed by Peter Fonda in his directorial debut, with a screenplay by Alan Sharp. The film stars Fonda, Warren Oates, and Verna Bloom. The cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond. Bruce Langhorne provided the moody film score. The story is about a man returning to his abandoned wife after seven years of drifting from job to job throughout the Southwestern United States. The embittered woman will only let him stay if he agrees to move in as a hired hand.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-fonda)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Sharp](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-sharp)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bruce Langhorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-langhorne)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilmos-zsigmond)

## Cast

- [Peter Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-fonda)
- [Ann Doran](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-doran)
- [Larry Hagman](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-hagman)
- [Ted Markland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-markland)
- [Warren Oates](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-oates)
- [Verna Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-bloom)
- [Severn Darden](https://cinepixo.com/people/severn-darden)

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