Movie

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

• NC-17
• May 25, 1969
• 1h 53m

• Drama

“For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.”

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.

Director

John Schlesinger

Writers

Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy

Starring

Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles