The Big Bounce (1969)
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Jack Ryan (Ryan O'Neal) is a cucumber picker who is fired after a fight with a Mexican-American (Victor Paul) co-worker. He finds work on a ranch owned by Ray Ritchie (James Daly). Soon his private secretary Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young) is after Jack. She spends her free time in pursuit of hedonism and reckless pleasure by fornicating on tombstones and breaking hearts as well as windows. Sam Mirakian (Van Heflin) is the motel owner whose lonely resident (Lee Grant) makes a play for Jack. She ends up killing herself and Nancy ends up killing someone else for sheer pleasure. This forgettable and pointless movie -- one critic described it as "a rancid piece of trash" -- is O'Neal's big-screen debut. Some nudity required an "R" rating. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 102 mins
Complete Cast:
- Ryan O'Neal - Jack Ryan
- Van Heflin - sam Mirakian
- James Daly - Ray Richie
- Noam Pitlik - Sam Turner
- Kevin O'Neal - Boy In Buggy
- Phyllis Davis - Girl in bikini
- Cindy Eilbacher - Joanne's daughter
- Leigh Taylor-Young - Nancy Barker
- Lee Grant - Motel Resident
- Robert Webber - Bob Rogers
- Victor Paul - Comancho
- Charles Cooper - Senator
- Paul Sorenson - Senator's associate
- Director(s):
- Alex March
- Writer(s):
- Robert Dozier
- Producer(s):
- William Dozier
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