Midnight Cowboy
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Midnight Cowboy (1969)

29/07/1969 (GB)
Drama
1h 53m

For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.

Overview

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

  • John SchlesingerDirector
  • Waldo SaltScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $3,600,000

  • Revenue

    $44,785,053

Keywords

  • new york city
  • friendship
  • prostitute
  • rape
  • based on novel or book
  • shower
  • texas
  • hustler
  • homelessness
  • rape of a male
  • male homosexuality
  • male prostitution
  • fish out of water
  • gang rape
  • cynical
  • lgbt
  • male bonding
  • polio
  • 1960s
  • anxious
  • cautionary
  • provocative

Top Billed Cast

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Joe Buck

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo

Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles

Cass

John McGiver

John McGiver

Mr. O'Daniel

Brenda Vaccaro

Brenda Vaccaro

Shirley

Barnard Hughes

Barnard Hughes

Towny

Ruth White

Ruth White

Sally Buck

Jennifer Salt

Jennifer Salt

Annie

Gilman Rankin

Gilman Rankin

Woodsy Niles

Gary Owens

Little Joe

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