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26/09/1975 Action, Western, Adventure 2h 12m
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Overview

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

  1. Richard Brooks

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gene Hackman

    Sam Clayton

  2. Candice Bergen

    Miss Jones

  3. James Coburn

    Luke Matthews

  4. Ben Johnson

    Mister

  5. Ian Bannen

    Sir Harry Norfolk

  6. Jan-Michael Vincent

    Carbo

  7. Dabney Coleman

    Jack Parker

  8. Sally Kirkland

    Honey

  9. Buddy Van Horn

    Slim

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2019-08-28
***Big-budget Western about a 700-mile endurance race with a top-notch cast***

In 1906, a 700-mile horse race in the Western wilderness is sponsored by a newspaper. The racers include two former Rough Riders (Gene Hackman & James Coburn), a part-time prostitute (Candice Bergen), a punk “Kid” (Jan-Michael Vincent), an aged cowboy (Ben Johnson), a Mexican with a toothache (Mario Arteaga) and an English gent (Ian Bannen).

“Bite the Bullet” (1975) was written & directed by Richard Brooks, who said the movie is based on several historical cross-country races subsidized by newspaper...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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