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Midnight Cowboy

For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.
May 25, 1969 · 1h 53m
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Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Dustin Hoffman
Ratso
Jon Voight
Joe Buck
Sylvia Miles
Cass
John McGiver
Mr. O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro
Shirley
Barnard Hughes
Towny
Ruth White
Sally Buck
Jennifer Salt
Annie
Directed by John Schlesinger

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$3,600,000
Revenue
$44,785,053
Production
Florin Productions, Jerome Hellman Productions, United Artists
Country
US

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