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The Honkers

  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
378
YOUR RATING
The Honkers (1972)
ActionComedyDrama
An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
378
YOUR RATING
    • Steve Ihnat
    • Steve Ihnat
    • Stephen Lodge
  • Stars
    • James Coburn
    • Lois Nettleton
    • Slim Pickens
    • Steve Ihnat
    • Steve Ihnat
    • Stephen Lodge
  • Stars
    • James Coburn
    • Lois Nettleton
    • Slim Pickens
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 12User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    James Coburn in The Honkers (1972)
    James Coburn in The Honkers (1972)
    James Coburn and Lois Nettleton in The Honkers (1972)
    James Coburn and Lois Nettleton in The Honkers (1972)
    Anne Archer and James Coburn in The Honkers (1972)
    The Honkers (1972)
    James Coburn and Ted Eccles in The Honkers (1972)
    James Coburn and Jim Davis in The Honkers (1972)
    James Coburn and Joan Huntington in The Honkers (1972)
    James Coburn in The Honkers (1972)
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    The Honkers (1972)

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    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    • Lew Lathrop
    Lois Nettleton
    Lois Nettleton
    • Linda Lathrop
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Clete
    Anne Archer
    Anne Archer
    • Deborah Moon
    Richard Anderson
    Richard Anderson
    • Royce Owens
    Joan Huntington
    Joan Huntington
    • Rita Ferguson
    Jim Davis
    Jim Davis
    • Sheriff Potter
    Ramon Bieri
    Ramon Bieri
    • Jack Ferguson
    Ted Eccles
    Ted Eccles
    • Bobby Lathrop
    Mitchell Ryan
    Mitchell Ryan
    • Lowell
    Wayne McLaren
    • Everett
    John Harmon
    John Harmon
    • Sam Martin
    Richard O'Brien
    • Matt Weber
    Pitt Herbert
    Pitt Herbert
    • Haberdasher
    Luther Elmore
    Chuck Parkison Jr.
    • Announcer
    • (as Chuck Parkison)
    Larry Mahan
    • Larry Mahan
    Paul Brown
    • Rodeo Worker
    • (uncredited)
      • Steve Ihnat
      • Steve Ihnat
      • Stephen Lodge
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The red sports car Anne Archer drives is a DeTomaso Pantera. The purple sports car shown on the movie poster is a Lamborghini Miura.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the film, on the back of the cab of Clete's pickup truck, it can be seen where the shotgun pellet squibs are in the badly-matched paint job versus the rest of the truck.
    • Connections
      Features The Hunting Party (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Easy Made For Lovin'
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    User reviews12

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    9/10
    The Honkers - One of the Best Westerns Made
    This is one of those movies that was never publicized and therefore was missed when it originally played in the theaters.

    I came across it while switching TV channels and was immediately engrossed in this story of an aging rodeo bum whose recklessness and lack of responsibility hurt everyone around him. I've often wanted to see the movie again but couldn't even remember its name, and have never seen it in the rental stores.

    James Coburn and Slim Pickens were excellent in their roles, and the rodeo footage was first rate. While being an action movie and having a western setting and theme it could be enjoyed by anyone regardless of their taste in films.
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    • brooklyn-15
    • Dec 14, 2007

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    • Release date
      • June 25, 1972 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Brighton Pictures
      • Levy-Gardner-Laven
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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