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Director: Steve Ihnat
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From Time Out Film Guide
Ageing rodeo rider Lew Lathrop (Coburn) may not still be at his competitive best, but the cameraderie and womanising of the touring circuit continue to exert a strong pull when he makes a rare visit home to New Mexico to his estranged spouse Nettleton. Melancholy, slow, closely detailed post-Western drama which lets rip with the moralising at the close as Lew's partner Clete (Pickens) is trampled to death by a bucking bull. Coburn has a watchable charm, though Junior Bonner and J.W. Coop (both also from the early '70s) rode the same range with greater distinction.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Steve Ihnat
Producer: Arthur Gardner, Jules Levy
Cast: James Coburn, Slim Pickens, Lois Nettleton, Anne Archer, Richard Anderson, Ted Eccles, Jim Davis full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 103 mins
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