Drama · United States of America · 1969 · 1h 53m

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy poster
Director
John Schlesinger
Cast
Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Jon Voight as Joe Buck Sylvia Miles as Cass John McGiver as Mr. O'Daniel Brenda Vaccaro as Shirley Barnard Hughes as Towny
Crew
Adam Holender — Director of Photography Hugh A. Robertson — Editor John Barry — Original Music Composer Waldo Salt — Screenplay James Leo Herlihy — Novel Jerome Hellman — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Midnight Cowboy — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
new york cityfriendshipprostituterapebased on novel or bookshowertexashustlerhomelessnessrape of a malemale homosexualitymale prostitution
Key Collaborators
John Schlesinger Director Adam Holender Director of Photography Hugh A. Robertson Editor John Barry Original Music Composer Waldo Salt Screenplay James Leo Herlihy Novel Jerome Hellman Producer John Robert Lloyd Production Design Ann Roth Costume Design
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