from United Artists
Directed by
John Schlesinger
Starring
Dustin Hoffman (Ratzo Rizzo)
Jon Voight (Joe Buck)
Sylvia Miles (Cass)
John McGiver (Mr. O'Daniel)
Brenda Vaccaro (Shirley)
Barnard Hughes (Towny)
Ruth White (Sally Buck)
Jennifer Salt (Crazy Annie)
Gilman Rankin (Woodsey Niles)
Gary Owens (Little Joe)
T. Tom Marlow (Little Joe)
George Eppersen (Ralph)
Al Scott (Cafeteria Manager)
Bob Balaban (Student)
Linda Davis (Mother on Bus)
J.T. Masters (Old Cowhand)
Arlene Reeder (Old Lady)
Georgann Johnson (Rich Lady)
Jonathan Kramer (Jackie)
Anthony Holland (TV Bishop)
Jan Tice (Freaked-out Lady)
Paul Benjamin (Bartender)
Peter Scalia (Vegetable Grocer)
Vito Siracusa (Vegetable Grocer)
Peter Zamaglias (Hat Shop Owner)
Arthur Anderson (Hotel Clerk)
Tina Scala (Laundromat Lady)
Alma Felix (Laundromat Lady)
Richard Clarke (Escort Serviceman)
Ann Thomas (The Frantic Lady)
Viva (Gretel McAlbertson)
Gastone Rossilli (Hansel McAlbertson)
Ultra Violet (At the Party)
Paul Jabara (At the Party)
International Velvet (At the Party)
Cecelia Lipson (At the Party)
Taylor Mead (At the Party)
Paul Morrissey (At the Party)
Joan Murphy (Waitress)
Al Stetson (Bus Driver)
Randall Carver (Rapist (in flashback))
Written by
Waldo Salt
James Leo Herlihy (novel)
Rated: 
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 This Oscar®-winning
film, which features brilliant performances by Jon Voight and
Dustin Hoffman, brought an unusually gritty realism to the screen
and offered a then-rare portrait of New York's street scene.
Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a male prostitute from Texas, heads to
Manhattan where he hopes to find plenty of wealthy women willing
to pay for the services of a handsome man. When he arrives, the
naive country boy befriends Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a tubercular,
homeless con artist who dreams of moving to Florida. As they
go about trying to get the money Ratso needs, the two men see
and confront all the seediness, corruption and cruelty that flourish
in the big city. Midnight Cowboy was the first major studio release
to sport an X rating and was the first X-rated film to win the
Best Picture Academy Award. It was re-rated R by the MPAA in
1971.
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