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The Missouri Breaks (1976)

 -  Drama | Western  -  19 May 1976 (USA)
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Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Lee Clayton
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Tom Logan
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Little Tod
Kathleen Lloyd ...
Jane Braxton
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Cary
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Calvin
John McLiam ...
David Braxton
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Si (as John Ryan)
Sam Gilman ...
Hank Rate
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The Lonesome Kid
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Pete Marker
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Hellsgate Rancher
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Rancher's Wife
Danny Goldman ...
Baggage Clerk
Hunter von Leer ...
Sandy (as Hunter Von Leer)
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Storyline

Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time. Written by Anonymous

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One Steals, One Kills, One Dies

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Drama | Western

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Missouri  »

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Co-stars Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando were in real life neighbors living on Mulholland Drive in Hollywood who had never worked together. See more »

Goofs

When Tom and Jane mount the same horse, one in front each other, her modern white underwear appears for a while. See more »

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Tom Logan: The first time I met Sandy, he was rustling on his own. He had a stolen cavalry pony and he kept this dog. As soon as he would kill a steer, why he'd cut the brand off and feed it to the dog. So before they could get enough evidence to convict him, they'd have to lock that dog up and pick through his shit for a week before they could find the brand.
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Featured in Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1996) See more »

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Not perfect but definitely worth the time.
28 November 2004 | by (Hollywood, CA) – See all my reviews

Watched this tonite with friends and despite the bad and negative reviews, both here and elsewhere, we enjoyed it. At 2 hours and 6 minutes it was long enough to build it's story with a fair amount of pacing. Save the 90 minute formula for the romantic comedies. Excellent cinematography (the best thing in the movie), very believable set design (especially the "downtown" scene 3/4 in) thru to dismal sometimes nonsensical soundtrack work amounts to an uneven but in my opinion, worthy view. My Leonard Maltin book gave it a 2 out of 4 star review, mediocre. BUT, too often we as end-user movie buying/watching consumers can be too jaded. While watching this movie we wondered what Hollywood would do with this one if it was ever remade. Probably much shorter scenes, more copious editing, a blaring "current" soundtrack and tons of young star power. Let's hope it NEVER happens!


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