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Bite the Bullet
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.
1975 · Directed by Richard Brooks · 132 min · Western · Adventure · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Richard Brooks
- Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.
- Edited by: George Grenville
- Music: Alex North
- Produced by: Richard Brooks
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Sam Clayton
- Candice Bergen as Miss Jones
- James Coburn as Luke Matthews
- Ben Johnson as Mister
- Ian Bannen as Sir Harry Norfolk
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Carbo
- Dabney Coleman as Jack Parker
- Sally Kirkland as Honey
- Buddy Van Horn as Slim
- Jean Willes as Rosie
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Persky-Bright Productions, Vista, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Themes: horse race, horse, endurance, ex prostitute
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