Midnight Cowboy
For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $3,600,000
- Revenue
- $44,785,053
- Production
- Florin Productions, Jerome Hellman Productions, United Artists
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Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Ratso
Jon Voight
Joe Buck
Sylvia Miles
Cass
John McGiver
Mr. O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro
Shirley
Barnard Hughes
Towny
Ruth White
Sally Buck
Jennifer Salt
Annie
Gilman Rankin
Woodsy Niles
Georgann Johnson
Rich Lady
Anthony Holland
TV Bishop
Bob Balaban
The Young Student
Paul Benjamin
Bartender
Arthur Anderson
Hotel Clerk
Richard Clarke
Escort Service Man
Viva
Gretel McAlbertson
Paul Rossilli
Hansel McAlbertson
Ultra Violet
The Party
Paul Jabara
The Party
Susan Bottomly
The Party
Crew
- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Writers
- Waldo Salt
- Producers
- Jerome Hellman
- Cinematography
- Adam Holender
- Composer
- John Barry,Toots Thielemans
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Potential Kermode
February 25, 2017
**"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" Shuffling, perhaps.** One can always count on Hoffman and his ability to absorb the character he is portraying with such ease. He has a knack at portraying that deep, bronchial coughing schtick. When watching, I had to wear a surgical mask - just in case. Voight, as usual, is magnificent as the innocent amongst the scum. Watching this wide eyed lone ranger slowly losing the tassels from his jacket is a deeply moving experience. A word of warning…
CinemaSerf
June 3, 2023
This is certainly my favourite role from Dustin Hoffman as he turns in an outstanding performance as "Ratso". He hooks up with the dapper, but out of his depth cowboy "Buck" who arrives in New York all set to be a hustler, but ends up paying his first client for the sex she's supposed to pay him for! Initially, "Ratso" fleeces this gullible guy too, but gradually the two start to depend on one and other - which is as well for "Ratso" who is clearly not long for this world. His persistent cough i…
r96sk
July 6, 2025
<em>'Midnight Cowboy'</em> is a beauty. It's one I've seen mentioned positively online many times down the years, especially on those four favourites videos that Letterboxd do with well known folk. Despite that I knew nothing coming in, which - as always - is the best way to view a flick. Dustin Hoffman's involvement was all that I did know heading into it, I wasn't even sure it was Jon Voight as the main guy until he started scowling his face - a distinctive look! I actually only know of him…