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Director:
Blake Edwards
Writer:
Blake Edwards (written by)
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Release Date:
13 October 1971 (France) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
They were damned good cowboys, until they robbed a bank.
Plot:
Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
One of the best westerns ever more (13 total)

Cast

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William Holden ... Ross Bodine

Ryan O'Neal ... Frank Post

Karl Malden ... Walter Buckman (R Bar R owner)
Lynn Carlin ... Mrs. Sada Billings

Tom Skerritt ... John Buckman
Joe Don Baker ... Paul Buckman
James Olson ... Joe Billings (banker)
Leora Dana ... Mrs. Nell Buckman
Moses Gunn ... Ben (mule dealer)
Victor French ... Sheriff Bill Jackson
Rachel Roberts ... Maybell (town madam)
Sam Gilman ... Sam Hansen (sheepman)
Charles H. Gray ... Savage
William Bryant ... Hereford (R bar hand)
Jack Garner ... Cap Swilling
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Runtime:
136 min | 106 min (original U.S. theatrical release version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | 6-Track Stereo
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:GP | UK:A (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA more
Company:
Geoffrey Productions more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Ross Bodine: You show me an old cowboy, a young cowboy or an in between cowboy with more than a few dollars in his poke and I'll show a cowboy that stopped being a cowboy and robbed banks.
Frank Post: Well, let's rob us a bank.
Ross Bodine: It'll be safer than getting married.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Moviemakers (1971) more
Soundtrack:
Ballad of the Wild Rovers more

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One of the best westerns ever, 17 November 2002
8/10
Author: vertigofan-3 (vertigofan@oninet.pt) from Sintra, Portugal

MY RATING- 7.6

I've just watched this one last night, and it's quite an impresssive western from Blake Edwards, the king of Pink Phanter. Spite the vulgar screenplay, the characters view is fascinating, specially William Holden, without his usual and cynical presence. We really care for that middle aged cowboy and his tender friendship with the young man Ryan O'Neal. Together, they pass throw challenges after robbing a bank, including a scene with a dog, and most important the slowmotion use in the horse scene. The curious thing is that we see two different points of view: from the main characters and from the law men chasing them leaded by Karl Malden. In fact, Malden with his wife seems to be a person a bit far away from the story of the mov. The mov also stars younger Tom Skeritt and Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn and a yelling Rachel Roberts. Pretty good western, and I'm not a western fan.

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