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08/01/1965 Comedy, Western 1h 25m
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The wild west's biggest fall guys go head over heels... for a mean-eyed bronc... and some bear-backed fillies

Overview

Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.

  1. Burt Kennedy

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Glenn Ford

    Ben Jones

  2. Henry Fonda

    Marion 'Howdy' Lewis

  3. Sue Ane Langdon

    Mary

  4. Hope Holiday

    Sister

  5. Chill Wills

    Jim Ed Love

  6. Edgar Buchanan

    Vince Moore

  7. Kathleen Freeman

    Agatha Moore

  8. Joan Freeman

    Meg Moore

  9. Denver Pyle

    Bull

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2016-12-24
Howdy, it comes to me that we ain't exactly the smartest cowboys that ever lived.

The Rounders is directed by Burt Kennedy and Kennedy adapts the screenplay from Max Evans' novel. Music is by Jeff Alexander and cinematography by Paul Vogel. It stars Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills and Edgar Buchanan.

Two ageing bronco-busting rounders get into (mis)adventures with a crafty old equine along for the ride...

It's one of those films that has amiable blood coursing through its veins. We are in very good company with Ford and Fonda, two likable and most ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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