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25/05/1969 Drama 1h 53m
75
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Overview

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.

  1. John Schlesinger

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dustin Hoffman

    Ratso

  2. Jon Voight

    Joe Buck

  3. Sylvia Miles

    Cass

  4. John McGiver

    Mr. O'Daniel

  5. Brenda Vaccaro

    Shirley

  6. Barnard Hughes

    Towny

  7. Ruth White

    Sally Buck

  8. Jennifer Salt

    Annie

  9. Gilman Rankin

    Woodsy Niles

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-03
This is certainly my favourite role from Dustin Hoffman as he turns in an outstanding performance as "Ratso". He hooks up with the dapper, but out of his depth cowboy "Buck" who arrives in New York all set to be a hustler, but ends up paying his first client for the sex she's supposed to pay him for! Initially, "Ratso" fleeces this gullible guy too, but gradually the two start to depend on one and other - which is as well for "Ratso" who is clearly not long for this world. His persistent cough is being worsened by the squalid conditions in which he, and latterly, "Buck" have to live and by the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,600,000.00

Revenue
$44,785,053.00

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