Midnight Cowboy
"For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it."
1969-05-25
7.5
en 113mDrama
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.
Screenplay
Waldo Salt
Director
John Schlesinger
Director of Photography
Adam Holender
Novel
James Leo Herlihy
Editor
Hugh A. Robertson
Set Decoration
Philip Smith
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Status
ReleasedRevenue
$44,785,053Budget
$3,600,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Florin Productions
- Jerome Hellman Productions
- United Artists
