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Junior Bonner (1972)
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Jeb Rosebrook (written by)
Release Date:
2 August 1972 (USA)
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"Tell 'em Junior sent you" more
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Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts. full summary | add synopsis
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Violently quiet
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Steve McQueen | ... | Junior 'JR' Bonner | |
| Robert Preston | ... | Ace Bonner | |
| Ida Lupino | ... | Elvira Bonner | |
| Ben Johnson | ... | Buck Roan | |
| Joe Don Baker | ... | Curly Bonner | |
| Barbara Leigh | ... | Charmagne | |
| Mary Murphy | ... | Ruth Bonner | |
| Bill McKinney | ... | Red Terwiliger (as William McKinney) | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Del | |
| Sandra Deel | ... | Nurse Arlis | |
| Don 'Red' Barry | ... | Homer Rutledge (as Donald Barry) | |
| Charles H. Gray | ... | Burt (as Charles Gray) | |
| Matthew Peckinpah | ... | Tim Bonner | |
| Sundown Spencer | ... | Nick Bonner | |
| Rita Garrison | ... | Flashie |
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100 min
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Final film of Mary Murphy.
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Continuity: The wet spot on junior's mom's shirt after she comes into the house from the garden.
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Junior 'JR' Bonner:
That was a nice float you had, Curley.
Curly Bonner: [proudly] Finished second in the commercial division.
Junior 'JR' Bonner: Well, second's better than third.
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Curly Bonner: [proudly] Finished second in the commercial division.
Junior 'JR' Bonner: Well, second's better than third.
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Featured in Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) (TV)
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Arizona Morning
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Steve McQueen is my favorite actor. Bullitt is my favorite McQueen movie, but Junior Bonner is my favorite McQueen character. McQueen, as usual (and this is what makes him great), communicates more with silence than in delivering a line. The violence of the rodeo is juxtaposed against one man's unwillingness to let go of a lifestyle that is obviously coming to an end. The open west is giving way to trailers, his parents are separating forever, and his home has become a place for strangers. Junior is aging as an athlete, and as a-no-longer- young man. Even his Cadillac is on the downward side of a once successful career. The split screens and slow motion are interesting without being intrusive. This movie is about the triumph of a man who stays true to his own values, regardless of how irrelevant his environment may soon become. One man CAN make a difference. Steve McQueen was always that one man.