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1969 • 1h 53min • R • Drama

Midnight Cowboy

"For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it."

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.

IMDb 7.8

RT 89%

MC 79

Director

John Schlesinger

Writers

James Leo Herlihy

Waldo Salt

Composer

John Barry

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Jon Voight

Joe Buck

Dustin Hoffman

Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo

Sylvia Miles

Cass

John McGiver

Mr. O'Daniel

Brenda Vaccaro

Shirley

Barnard Hughes

Towny

Ruth White

Sally Buck

Jennifer Salt

Annie

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Jon Voight Joe Buck

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Sylvia Miles Cass

John McGiver Mr. O'Daniel

Brenda Vaccaro Shirley

Barnard Hughes Towny

Ruth White Sally Buck

Jennifer Salt Annie

Gilman Rankin Woodsy Niles

Gary Owens Little Joe

T. Tom Marlow Little Joe

George Eppersen Ralph

Al Scott Cafeteria Manager

Linda Davis Mother on the Bus

J.T. Masters Old Cow-Hand

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