Themes: Unlikely Heroes, Fish Out of Water, Amateur Sleuths
Main Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott, Ernie Hudson, Cara Buono
Release Year: 1994
Country: US
Run Time: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
In this action comedy, director Gregg Champion relies on the premise that, indeed, "country boys can survive," as Sonny (Kiefer Sutherland) and Pepper (Woody Harrelson, always game) head off to the Big Apple in order to rescue a mutual friend's daughter from the clutches of an evil sweatshop owner. Naturally, there are lots of encounters highlighting the two fishes out of water; there are opportunities to lasso bad guys; there's even a chase on horseback through the city streets after Sonny and Pepper steal a pair of NYPD horses. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
Marg Helgenberger - Margarette; Tomas Milian - Huerta; Doug Barron - Doorman; Angel Caban - Boca; Matthew Cowles - Pop Fly; Esteban Fernandez - La Habanita Bartender; John David Garfield - Cowboy; Frank Girardeau - Chief Barnes; Sam Gray - Sweatshop Foreman; Rance Howard - Old Gentleman; Ahmed Ben Larby - Foreign Cab Driver; Joaquin Martinez - Nacho; Harsh Nayyar - Coroner; Randy Pearlstein - Hat Check Boy; Francie Swift - Desk Clerk; Leonard Thomas - Train Conductor; Jaime Tirelli - Monitor; Travis Tritt - Special Appearance; Emmanuel Xuereb - Gaston; Christopher Durang - Waiter; Luis Guzman - Chango; Ira Newborn - Taxi Driver; Karina Arroyave - Rosa; Christopher Murray - Water Cop; Billy Hopkins; Suzanne Smith; José Zuñiga - Carlos; Allison Janney - Lady Cop; Laura Ekstrand - Cello Player; Leslie Stefanson - Girl at Party
Credit
William Barclay - Art Director, Kerry Barden - Casting, Billy Hopkins - Casting, Suzanne Smith - Casting, Aude Bronson-Howard - Costume Designer, Gregg Champion - Director, Michael Tronick - Editor, David Newman - Composer (Music Score), Thomas Brandau - Musical Direction/Supervision, Steven Felder - Production Designer, John J. Moore - Production Designer, Dean Semler - Cinematographer, Brian Grazer - Producer, William D. Wittliff - Producer, Karen Kehela - Producer, G. Mac Brown - Producer, Leslie Pope - Set Designer, Steve Kirshoff - Special Effects, Conrad Palmisano - Stunts, Wayne Wilson - Stunts, Joe Gayton - Screenwriter, Rob Thompson - Screenwriter, William D. Wittliff - Screenwriter, Nick Castle, Jr. - Screenwriter
The Cowboy Way stars Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland as championship rodeo stars and lifelong best friends, who travel from New Mexico to New York in search of their missing friend/mentor, Nacho Salazar, who came to the city to pay for his daughter's trip to the U.S. from Cuba. When they discover that he's been murdered, the two set out to find the killer. Along the way, they experience many aspects of New York in the typical fish out of water style - the mob, New York high society, the fashion industry, street crimes - resolving many of their disputes with "typical" cowboy methods.
The soundtrack features the song "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" by American rock band Bon Jovi. The music video to the song contains scenes from the movie.
