Midnight Cowboy
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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.
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- Diable HautainJune 3, 2026Focusing on two of America's outcasts, Midnight Cowboy shows the other side of the American Dream. The film has aged, but the performances and the central relationship between the two leads remain outstanding. Joe and Ratso, while they cannot achieve the American Dream, show us they are rich inside, in contrast to many who succeed yet are emotionally empty.
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Midnight Cowboy was released on May 25, 1969.
Midnight Cowboy was directed by John Schlesinger.
Midnight Cowboy has a runtime of 1h 53m.
Midnight Cowboy was produced by Jerome Hellman.
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.
The key characters in Midnight Cowboy are Ratso (Dustin Hoffman), Joe Buck (Jon Voight), Cass (Sylvia Miles).
Midnight Cowboy is rated NC-17.
Midnight Cowboy is a Drama film.
Midnight Cowboy has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.
Midnight Cowboy had a budget of $3.6M.
Midnight Cowboy has made $44.8M at the box office.