The Homesman

The story

When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.

Cast

H Hilary SwankMary Bee Cuddy T Tommy Lee JonesGeorge Briggs G Grace GummerArabella Sours M Miranda OttoTheoline Belknap S Sonja RichterGro Svendsen T Tim Blake NelsonThe Freighter J James SpaderAloysius Duffy J John LithgowReverend Alfred Dowd E Evan JonesBob Giffen B Barry CorbinBuster Shaver H Hailee SteinfeldTabitha Hutchinson M Meryl StreepAltha Carter

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W William FichtnerVester Belknap D David DencikThor Svendsen J Jesse PlemonsGarn Sours J Jo Harvey AllenMrs. Polhemus C Caroline LagerfeltNetti Svendsen K Karen JonesMrs. Linens B Brian KennedyBarkeep Fitzpatrick R Rick IrwinDealer R Richard Andrew JonesCarmichael A Autumn ShieldsLoney Belknap (uncredited) M Martin PalmerVigilante #2 J Jerry Vahn KnightVigilante #3 A Adrian DoerflerVigilante #4 L Lela Rose AllenBelknap Daughter #1 S Sachie CapitaniBelknap Daughter #2 A Austin Leonard JonesBanjo Player K Kaelynn WrightArabella Sibling J Jesi MandagaranPaulina