Midnight Cowboy (1969)

05/25/1969 (US) • 1h 53m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jon Voight

Joe Buck

Dustin Hoffman

Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo

John McGiver

Mr. O'Daniel

Ruth White

Sally Buck

Gilman Rankin

Woodsy Niles


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,600,000.00

Revenue

$44,785,053.00

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

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