For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.
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.
- Sexual violence
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Character
Prestige, classical in form, earnest and character-led.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Dustin HoffmanRatso
- Jon VoightJoe Buck
- Sylvia MilesCass
- John McGiverMr. O'Daniel
- Brenda VaccaroShirley
- Barnard HughesTowny
- Ruth WhiteSally Buck
- Jennifer SaltAnnie
- Gilman RankinWoodsy Niles
- Gary OwensLittle Joe
Crew
- John SchlesingerDirector
- Waldo SaltScreenplay
- James Leo HerlihyNovel
- Adam HolenderDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Hugh A. RobertsonEditor
- Jerome HellmanProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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