Midnight Cowboy

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

May 25 1969 R 1h 53m
Drama

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.

Plot

Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York City for the first time. Preening himself as a real "hustler", he finds that he is the one getting "hustled" until he teams up with down-and-out but resilient outcast 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.

Written by

Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy

Directed by

John Schlesinger

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Artists, Jerome Hellman Productions, Florin Productions

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 28 wins & 16 nominations total

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Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
79
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