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The Honkers (1972)

GP | | Western, Action, Comedy | 25 June 1972 (UK)
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An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.

Director:

Steve Ihnat

Writers:

Steve Ihnat, Stephen Lodge

Stars:

James Coburn, Lois Nettleton, Slim Pickens | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Coburn ... Lew Lathrop
Lois Nettleton ... Linda Lathrop
Slim Pickens ... Clete
Anne Archer ... Deborah Moon
Richard Anderson ... Royce Owens
Joan Huntington Joan Huntington ... Rita Ferguson
Jim Davis ... Sheriff Potter
Ramon Bieri ... Jack Ferguson
Ted Eccles ... Bobby Lathrop
Mitchell Ryan ... Lowell
Wayne McLaren Wayne McLaren ... Everett
John Harmon ... Sam Martin
Richard O'Brien Richard O'Brien ... Matt Weber
Pitt Herbert ... Haberdasher
Luther Elmore Luther Elmore
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Storyline

An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.

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A honker is a rough bull or bronc that can't be broken. Lew Lathrop is a honker!

Genres:

Western | Action | Comedy | Drama

Certificate:

GP | See all certifications »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 June 1972 (UK) See more »

Also Known As:

A betörhetetlenek See more »

Filming Locations:

Artesia, New Mexico, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brighton Pictures,Levy-Gardner-Laven See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The film had its premiere at the Cavern Theater in Carlsbad, NM, the small town in which the movie was filmed. See more »

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. See more »

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Features The Hunting Party (1971) See more »

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Easy Made For Lovin'
Composed and Sung by Bobby Russell
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"Did he recognize ya?" .. "Don't think so. Had the wrong end pointing at him."
28 August 2017 | by moonspinner55 – See all my reviews

James Coburn is a devilish, lady-loving rodeo-circuit rider down New Mexico way; Anne Archer is a smitten fan who bats her eyes at him; Lois Nettleton plays his wife who puts up with all his comings and goings. The early 1970s were rife with these kind of cowboy character pieces, and all of them have the same scenes: the unloading of the horses at sunrise, the sizing up of the competition, the aged cowpoke sidekick chiming in with his two cents (here it's Slim Pickens), the parade down Main Street and, that old standby, the protagonist getting caught with another man's woman (and escaping with his pants down). Co-written by Steve Ihnat, who also directed, and Stephen Lodge, the lackadaisical film probably made an inoffensive co-feature at drive-in theaters but, on its own terms, the clichéd results are pretty thin. Coburn is energetic and amiable--he's always good when cast as the wily scalawag--but the movie depressingly stacks the deck against him. The western milieu in general doesn't feel like a natural fit for Coburn, who looks like he might be more at home sitting on the Riviera plotting someone's demise. ** from ****
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