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Title: Bronco Billy (1980)
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Bronco Billy McCoy is the proud owner of a small traveling Wild West show. But the business isn't doing too well: for the past six months he hasn't paid his employees. At a gas station he picks up Antoinette, a stuck-up blonde from a rich family, who was left behind without a penny by her husband on their wedding night. Billy likes her looks and hires her as his assistant. She seems to bring them bad luck and the business gets even worse. In these hard times she loses her reluctance and starts to like her new way of life... and Bronco Billy. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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EnglishRelease Date:
11 June 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bronco Billy, o Aventureiro See more »Box Office
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$6,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Antoinette Lilly: I'm not crying!
Bronco Billy McCoy: There's nothing wrong with cryin'.
Antoinette Lilly: The smoke in here is hurting my eyes!
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Written by Milton Brown (as M. Brown), Steve Dorff (as S. Dorff) and Snuff Garrett (as S. Garrett)
Sung by Ronnie Milsap
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The camera and camera crew can be clearly seen in one shot during the bar brawl. See more »Quotes
Bronco Billy McCoy: Go ahead, let the tears fall in the beer.Antoinette Lilly: I'm not crying!
Bronco Billy McCoy: There's nothing wrong with cryin'.
Antoinette Lilly: The smoke in here is hurting my eyes!
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Bronco BillyWritten by Milton Brown (as M. Brown), Steve Dorff (as S. Dorff) and Snuff Garrett (as S. Garrett)
Sung by Ronnie Milsap
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