Movie
Bite the Bullet
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1975-09-26
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Action, Western, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Persky-Bright Productions, Vista, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Mario Arteaga as Mexican
- Robert Donner as Reporter
Crew
- Richard Brooks - Director
- Richard Brooks - Writer
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