Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend.
Direction John Schlesinger
Cast Dustin Hoffman · Jon Voight · Brenda Vaccaro · Sylvia Miles · John McGiver · Ruth White · Bob Balaban · Barnard Hughes
Soundtrack John Barry · Harry Nilsson
Screenplay Waldo Salt · James Leo Herlihy
Cinematography Adam Holender
Original title Midnight Cowboy
7.6
34K votes (FilmAffinity)
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