Bronco Billy (1980) 6.0
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest. Director:Clint EastwoodWriter:Dennis Hackin |
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Bronco Billy (1980) 6.0
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest. Director:Clint EastwoodWriter:Dennis Hackin |
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| Clint Eastwood | ... | ||
| Sondra Locke | ... |
Antoinette Lily
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| Geoffrey Lewis | ... |
John Arlington
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| Scatman Crothers | ... |
Doc Lynch
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Bill McKinney | ... |
Lefty LeBow
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| Sam Bottoms | ... |
Leonard James
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Dan Vadis | ... |
Chief Big Eagle
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Sierra Pecheur | ... |
Lorraine Running Water
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Walter Barnes | ... |
Sheriff Dix
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| Woodrow Parfrey | ... |
Dr. Canterbury
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Beverlee McKinsey | ... |
Irene Lily
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| Doug McGrath | ... |
Lt. Wiecker
(as Douglas McGrath)
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| Hank Worden | ... |
Station Mechanic
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| William Prince | ... |
Edgar Lipton
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Pam Abbas | ... |
Mother Superior
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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>
Here's a picture that works beautifully on several levels, including the philosophical (I kid you not). Approach it as a lighthearted caper, and you will be entertained. If you enjoy whimsy with a trace of fantasy, it will not disappoint you. How about a picture questioning the nature of reality, in which characters challenge and re-shape the identities that life seems to have foisted upon them? There are not many movies with such powerful ambitions, and fewer still that develop them in an oblique, yet perfectly comprehensible, manner. There is nothing the least bit heavy handed about this film; quite the opposite. Enter the special world it creates, and you will be rewarded both emotionally and intellectually.
(See what I mean? Now make sure you haven't missed "Finding Graceland" and "Pennies From Heaven.")