Midnight Cowboy
R · 1969 ‧ Western/Thriller ‧ 1h 53m
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Convinced of his irresistible appeal to women, Texas dishwasher Joe Buck (Jon Voight) quits his job and heads for New York City, thinking he'll latch on to some rich dowager. New York, however, is not as hospitable as he imagined, and Joe soon...
Release date: May 25, 1969 (USA)
Director: John Schlesinger
Screenplay: Waldo Salt and James Leo Herlihy
Distributed by: United Artists
Adapted from: Midnight Cowboy
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Set in New York City, Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two hustlers: naïve prostitute Joe Buck (Voight) and ailing con man Rico Rizzo ( ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · The film begins in a small town in Texas, where a young man, Joe Buck (played by Jon Voight), is dressing himself as a cowboy with a fringed ...
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Posted: Jun 20, 2021
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A gay man in an age when homosexuality was against the law in his native Britain, the Oscar-winning director eschewed political statements in favor of ...
Joe Buck and Ratso are castaways in "Midnight Cowboy." They go their own way, cold and wet, thrown out with the garbage, sharing their dreams of Florida or the ...
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