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Bite the Bullet (1975)
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Writer:
Richard Brooks (writer)
Release Date:
26 September 1975 (Finland)
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Tagline:
A Western Classic in the tradition of 'Shane' and 'High Noon'. more
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A group of ex-rough riders, an ex-prostitute and a gunfighter enter a horse race in the desert. full summary | add synopsis
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Horse Race
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Mexican
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Endurance
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Ex Prostitute
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Desert
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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(2 articles)
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)
(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
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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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Certification:
Australia:PG |
Australia:M (TV rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG (censored version) |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Iceland:12
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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 5.5 seconds
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Anachronisms: Power lines and a modern sodium vapor street light are visible at the train station.
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Featured in Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies (2002) (TV)
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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.