The Big Bounce (1969)

A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?

Director:

Alex March

Writers:

Elmore Leonard (novel), Robert Dozier (screenplay)

Stars:

Ryan O'Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, Van Heflin

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ryan O'Neal	...	Jack Ryan
Leigh Taylor-Young	...	Nancy Barker
Van Heflin	...	Sam Mirakian
Lee Grant	...	Joanne
James Daly	...	Ray Ritchie
Robert Webber	...	Bob Rodgers
Cindy Eilbacher	...	Cheryl
Noam Pitlik	...	Sam Turner
Victor Paul	...	Comacho
Kevin O'Neal	...	Boy in dune buggy
Charles Cooper	...	Senator
Paul Sorensen	...	Senator's associate
Phyllis Davis	...	Girl in bikini

Storyline

Jack Ryan is a young Vietnam veteran with a criminal record, who gets fired from his job as a migrant laborer on a California produce farm run by the mean-spirited camp manager Bob Rodgers. Ryan then meets and teams up with the seductive Nancy Barker the secretary and mistress to the unscrupulous owner Ray Ritchie. When Ryan takes another job as a cleaner at a local motel owned by Sam Mirakian a local justice-of-the-peace, Nancy again approaches Ryan to help her rob Ritchie's safe in his house which allegedly has $50,000 of payroll money. Ryan reluctantly agrees to help with the heist, but becomes highly distrustful of Nancy, suspecting she may double-cross him to keep all the money for herself, and vice versa with her over him.

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Plot Keywords:

veteran | farm | california | migrant | mistress | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1969 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Nancy, ein eiskaltes Playgirl

Filming Locations:

Carmel, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greenway Productions, Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of The Big Bounce (2004)

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Soundtracks

"The Big Bounce"
Written by Mike Curb and Guy Hemric

User Reviews

Lushly Filmed Trash. I Mean That in a Good Way.

Most of the other comments on here are pretty accurate. This movie really showed the loosening up of Hollywood as far as female nudity went. We get to see the beautiful Leigh Taylor-Young in various stages of nudity and looking good dressed too. Ryan never looked better. Lee Grant perfected the role of a perpetually uptight woman in Valley of The Dolls and this seems to be a continuation. The only actress in this movie that really shined was Cindy Eilbacher who could act rings around any other child actor of this or later era. Her few scenes really stand out and almost seem to be from another movie. Loved the cars, the clothes, the great character actors and YES I did love the music but it was all wrong for this movie. I think this music was meant for Dean Martin's last Matt Helm movie with Sharon Tate that never got made. It was lush orchestrated loungy pop music but was all wrong for a crime-noir movie. It really threw me off but I enjoyed hearing it from another room when I wasn't watching the screen. This also has some really great campy lines mainly from Van Heflin calling Leigh a "Quiff" in one scene and various other vague vulgarities. I really enjoyed watching Van go near the edge of camp and then pull back a bit. James Daly was perfect as a high class sleazebag. Look for Ryan's brother Kevin as the passenger in the dune buggy scene.

Overall much better than the horrendous remake, especially if you like movies that are so bad they are good.