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Midnight Cowboy

7.5

Released May 25, 1969Runtime 1h 53min

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Florin Productions

Jerome Hellman Productions

United Artists

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $3,600,000
Revenue: $44,785,053
Profit/Loss: $41,185,053

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Cast

Jon VoightJoe Buck

Dustin HoffmanEnrico "Ratso" Rizzo

Sylvia MilesCass

John McGiverMr. O'Daniel

Brenda VaccaroShirley

Barnard HughesTowny

Ruth WhiteSally Buck

Jennifer SaltAnnie

Gilman RankinWoodsy Niles

Gary OwensLittle Joe

T. Tom MarlowLittle Joe

George EppersenRalph

Al ScottCafeteria Manager

Linda DavisMother on the Bus

J.T. MastersOld Cow-Hand

Arlene ReederThe Old Lady

Georgann JohnsonRich Lady

Jonathan KramerJackie

Anthony HollandTV Bishop

Bob BalabanThe Young Student

Jan TiceFreaked-Out Lady

Paul BenjaminBartender

Peter ScaliaVegetable Grocer

Vito SiracusaVegetable Grocer

Peter ZamagiasHat Shop Owner

Arthur AndersonHotel Clerk

Tina ScalaLaundromat Lady

Alma FelixLaundromat Lady

Richard ClarkeEscort Service Man

Ann ThomasThe Frantic Lady

VivaGretel McAlbertson

Paul RossilliHansel McAlbertson

Ultra VioletThe Party

Paul JabaraThe Party

International VelvetThe Party

Cecelia LipsonThe Party

Taylor MeadThe Party

Paul MorrisseyThe Party

Joan MurphyThe Waitress

Al StetsonBus Driver

M. Emmet WalshBus Passenger (uncredited)

Sandy DuncanWoman in TV Montage (uncredited)

Philip BrunsMan in TV Montage (uncredited)

Waldo SaltJoe Pyne on TV Show (uncredited)

Bill WaltersSt. Bernard Owner (uncredited)

Jay MorranPimp (uncredited)

Renee SemesHippie in Coffee Shop (uncredited)

Jeffrey WalkerHippie (uncredited)

Mary BoylanOld Lady in Subway (uncredited)

Marlene ClarkParty Guest (uncredited)

Paul JasminParty Guest (uncredited)

Pat AstParty Guest (uncredited)

Randall CarverRapist in Flashback (uncredited)

Robert DahdahBus Passenger (uncredited)

Trent GoughMan at Lunch Counter (uncredited)

Larry ShermanHomeless Man (uncredited)

Barbara MaggioGina (uncredited)

James MillerCowboy (uncredited)

Lucian AddarioSailor in Bar (uncredited)

William DoorMan at Party (uncredited)

Crew

John SchlesingerDirector

Nicholas SgarroContinuity

Burtt HarrisAssistant Director

Waldo SaltScreenplay

James Leo HerlihyNovel

Jerome HellmanProducer

Hal SchaffelProduction Manager

Kenneth UttAssociate Producer

Fred C. CarusoAssistant Production Manager

John BarryOriginal Music Composer

Adam HolenderDirector of Photography

Hugh A. RobertsonEditor

Philip SmithSet Decoration

Toots ThielemansMusic

John Robert LloydProduction Design

Ann RothCostume Design

John BarryMusic Supervisor

Irving BuchmanMakeup Artist

Bob GrimaldiHairstylist

Dick SmithMakeup Artist

Jack FitzstephensSound Editor

Vincent ConnellySound Editor

Dick VorisekSound Mixer

Jim ClarkCreative Consultant

Richard C. KratinaCamera Operator

Michael MahonyKey Grip

Pablo FerroTitle Graphics

Willis ConnerAssistant Art Director

Abe SeidmanSound

Ed RothkowitzAssistant Editor

Leonard SaltzbergAssistant Editor

Richard P. CirincioneAssistant Editor

Willie MeyerhoffElectrician

Norman LeighElectrician

Edward SwansonCarpenter

Edward CarzeroScenic Artist

Max SolomanWardrobe Supervisor

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Reviews

by Potential Kermode

**"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" Shuffling, perhaps.** One can always count on Hoffman and his ability to absorb the character he is portraying with such ease. He has a knack at portraying that deep, bronchial coughing schtick. When watching, I had to wear a surgical mask - just in case...

This is certainly my favourite role from Dustin Hoffman as he turns in an outstanding performance as "Ratso". He hooks up with the dapper, but out of his depth cowboy "Buck" who arrives in New York all set to be a hustler, but ends up paying his first client for the sex she's supposed to pay him fo...

<em>'Midnight Cowboy'</em> is a beauty. It's one I've seen mentioned positively online many times down the years, especially on those four favourites videos that Letterboxd do with well known folk. Despite that I knew nothing coming in, which - as always - is the best way to view a flick. Dustin...