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Overview

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Director:
Jerry Schatzberg
Writer:
Garry Michael White (writer)
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Release Date:
31 August 1973 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The road leads itself to somewhere.
Plot:
Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins more
NewsDesk:
Little Scene : Scarecrow
 (From t5m.com. 30 July 2009, 6:07 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Unjustly overlooked classic more (49 total)

Cast

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Gene Hackman ... Max Millan

Al Pacino ... Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi

Dorothy Tristan ... Coley
Ann Wedgeworth ... Frenchy
Richard Lynch ... Jack Riley
Eileen Brennan ... Darlene
Penelope Allen ... Annie Gleason
Richard Hackman ... Mickey Grenwood
Al Cingolani ... Skipper

Rutanya Alda ... Woman in Camper
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Additional Details

Runtime:
112 min | Australia:108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Canon City, Colorado, USA more

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Trivia:
Gene Hackman has stated that his performance in Scarecrow (1973) is his personal favorite. more
Quotes:
Lion: [First lines] Hi,how you doin' more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Lumet: Film Maker (1975) more

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23 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Unjustly overlooked classic, 24 February 1999
Author: fluffer from Reno

This overlooked film features Gene Hackman's best performance as an introverted ex-con. Al Pacino gives one of his best performances. Director Jerry Schatzberg and cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond capture both the squalor and the grandeur of the American landscape. Garry Michael White's screenplay is filled with richly nuanced characters, religious symbolism and a deep sense of humanity. One of the best of the 70's.

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