Midnight Cowboy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-06-16

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

X

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (70810 Reviews)

Director:

John Schlesinger

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Sylvia Miles John McGiver

Writer:

Waldo Salt (screenplay)

James Leo Herlihy (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

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.

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