Main Cast: Lex Connelly, Myrtis Dightman, Frank Hobbs, Billy Hogue, Johnnie Jackson, Mel Lambert, Billy Martinelli, Clem McSpadden, Dennis Reiners, Augie Vallejo, Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, R.G. Armstrong, John Crawford
Release Year: 1971
Country: US
Run Time: 112 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Cliff Robertson wrote, produced, directed and acted the lead in this film about a rodeo performer. The rodeo footage in this film was shot at actual rodeo competitions. Rodeo rider J.W. Coop (Robertson) has just spent ten years in jail for passing bad checks. He comes out and discovers that everything except his crazy mother (Geraldine Page) has changed. Riders don't compete in all-around events anymore, but fly all over the country in private planes to compete in the same event in several rodeos a day. Furthermore, the sexual liberation movement has changed the way women relate to men. He is nonplused to discover a hippyish woman (Cristina Ferrare) who wants a no-strings relationship with him. The idea of health food catches him by surprise, too. Coop wants and needs to win a national rodeo championship, despite all the new challenges he faces. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
R.L. Armstrong - Tooter Watson; John Ashby - Johnny; Wade Crosby - Billy Sol; Sandy Dempsey - Cabaret Dancer; Marjorie Durant Dye - Big Marge; Judy Farrell - Barmaid; Paul Harper - Warden Morgan; Son Hooker - Motorcycle Cop; Richard Kennedy - Sheriff; Charles Knapp - Bar Owner; Gus Peters - Deputy; Beverly Powers - Dora Mae; Mary-Robin Redd - Bonnie May; Claude Stroud - Rodeo Manager; Wayne Taylor - Gas Station Attendant; Larry Mahan - Himself; Bruce Kirby - Diesel Driver; Jay W. MacIntosh - Housewife; Lex Connelly - Announcer; Myrtis Dightman - Myrtis; Frank Hobbs - Deacon; Billy Hogue - Hogue; Johnnie Jackson - Announcer; Mel Lambert - Announcer; Billy Martinelli - Eddie; Clem McSpadden - Announcers; Dennis Reiners - Billy Hawkins; Augie Vallejo - Hector; John Wilson - Rodeo Rider
Credit
Bruce Graham - Associate Producer, Cliff Robertson - Director, Don Randi - Editor, Alex Beaton - Editor, Don Randi - Composer (Music Score), Nashville Marimba Band - Composer (Music Score), Louie Shelton - Composer (Music Score), Ross Lowell - Camera Operator, Adam Holender - Cinematographer, Frank Stanley - Cinematographer, Fred Waugh - Cinematographer, Ross Lowell - Cinematographer, Cliff Robertson - Producer, Tim Smyth - Special Effects, Cliff Robertson - Screenwriter, Gary Cartwright - Screenwriter, Bud Shrake - Screenwriter
