Junior Bonner (1972)
- Starring:
- Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sam Peckinpah
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Westerns
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Sam Peckinpah eschews his slow-motion bullet ballets for this quiet character study of ex-rodeo cowboy turned drifter Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen), who returns home to Arizona to reconcile with the family he hasn't seen in years. Bonner is shocked to see that the solid family he was hoping to come back to is breaking apart. His parents, Ace (Robert Preston) and Elvira (Ida Lupino), have separated, and his brother Curley (Joe Don Baker) has turned into a heartless real estate tycoon, parceling off sections of his parent's land for quick money. With nowhere to turn and nowhere to run, Bonner has to face himself and try to find a way to regain his self-respect. He is given that opportunity at the town's Fourth of July Rodeo, where he is determined to mount and ride and unrideable bull. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 100 mins
Complete Cast:
- Steve McQueen - Junior Bonner
- Ida Lupino - Elvira Bonner
- Joe Don Baker - Curly Bonner
- Don "Red" Barry - Homer Rutledge
- Mary Murphy - Ruth Bonner
- Sundown Spencer - Nick Bonner
- Rod Hart
- Matthew Peckinpah - Tim Bonner
- Charles Gray - Burt
- Robert Preston - Ace Bonner
- Ben Johnson - Buck Roan
- Barbara Leigh - Charmagne
- Rita Garrison - Flashy Girl in Bar
- Sandra Deel - Nurse Arlis
- Casey Tibbs
- Dub Taylor - Bartender
- Bill McKinney - Red Terwilliger
- Director(s):
- Sam Peckinpah
- Writer(s):
- Jeb Rosebrook
- Producer(s):
- Michael Borofsky, Joe Wizan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Westerns
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