A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality, and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.
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| Keir Dullea | ... | Rick Dylan | |
| Elizabeth Ashley | ... | Loretta | |
| John Beck | ... | Pov | |
| Dayle Haddon | ... | Joanna | |
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Franz Russell | ... | Big Ed |
| George R. Robertson | ... | Burdock (as George Robertson) | |
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Margot Lamarre | ... | Julie |
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Ted Follows | ... | Cagey |
| Linda Sorensen | ... | Mona (as Linda Sorenson) | |
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Les Rubie | ... | Jock (as Les Ruby) |
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Jacquie Presly | ... | Marlene |
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Chet Robertson | ... | Father |
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Winnie Rowles | ... | Mother |
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Gerry Cooke | ... | Noogie |
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John Ottenberg | ... | Heavy |
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A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality, and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.
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small town | hockey | beer | male star appears nude | female star appears nude |Taglines:
every woman's had one... every man's been one... once... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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21 September 1973 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
Der Westentaschen-Cowboy See more »Filming Locations:
Delisle, Saskatchewan, CanadaEdit
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CAD500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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To help Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley feel comfortable in the shower scene, where they both appear naked, director Peter Pearson took off his clothes as well, and climbed into the shower with them. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I managed to get a VHS copy a few years back, and burned it to DVD-R for posterity.
Perhaps I'm oversimplifying by describing it as a "Canadian 'Breathless'", but I still find that the shortest good description I can come up with.
A lot less use of the Gordon Lightfoot music than I recall from years of watching it on Canadian TV, but that may just be fading memory rather than VHS music licensing problems.
I also liked 'Slipstream' http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0072181/combined more than another reviewer, but some people look at movies as dreams they'd like to be in and some look at them like they were traffic accidents, so there's always going to be disagreements...