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Bite the Bullet
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Overview

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6.8/10   1,590 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Richard Brooks (writer)
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Release Date:
26 September 1975 (Finland) more
Tagline:
A Western Classic in the tradition of 'Shane' and 'High Noon'. more
Plot:
A group of ex-rough riders, an ex-prostitute and a gunfighter enter a horse race in the desert. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win more
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Oscar-Winning Actor James Coburn Dies at 74
 (From IMDb News. 19 November 2002)

Oscar-Winning Actor James Coburn Dies at 74
 (From WENN. 19 November 2002)

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In Many Respects, An Underrated Western more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gene Hackman ... Sam Clayton

Candice Bergen ... Miss Jones

James Coburn ... Luke Matthews

Ben Johnson ... Mister
Ian Bannen ... Sir Harry Norfolk

Jan-Michael Vincent ... Carbo
Robert Donner ... Reporter
Jean Willes ... Rosie
Mario Arteaga ... Mexican

Dabney Coleman ... Jack Parker
John McLiam ... Gebhardt
Robert F. Hoy ... Lee Christie (as Robert Hoy)
Jerry Gatlin ... The Wood Cutter
Sally Kirkland ... Honey
Walter Scott Jr. ... Steve
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Runtime:
132 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 5.5 seconds more
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Anachronisms: Power lines and a modern sodium vapor street light are visible at the train station. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Gebhardt: I heard your newspaper is running an honest race.
Reporter: You heard right, Mr. Gebhardt.
Gebhardt: Who the hell handicapped this owlhead as the favorite?
J.B. Parker: The smart money!
Gebhardt: That's what we come to get.
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13 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
In Many Respects, An Underrated Western, 28 April 2006
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

A good cast, some nice photography and an interesting story about a 700-mile horse race make "Bite The Bullet" kind of underrated western. You don't hear it mentioned much in "Favorite Westerns" lists.

The only drawbacks for me were a little too much language and that grundgy-70s feel to it that movies in that decade had to them, even in westerns. Having grown up with "Shane," and a bunch of westerns on TV, I still wasn't quite used to what I heard here when this came out 30 years ago. Nowadays, this is mild stuff.

This is a fairly long film at 131 minutes but it moves fast. Gene Hackman plays the tough-but-humane hero. The rest of the contestants in this race are all interesting, too. Each is given a little profile of themselves and include Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Jan-Michael Vincent, Ben Johnson and Ian Bannen.

In addition, there are some memorable scenes such as a horse literally dropping dead; a man poisoned, a woman with a "different agenda" an old man hanging on and a bad-turned-good kid. It's a nice mixture.

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