Midnight Cowboy poster
Director John Schlesinger
Screenplay Waldo Salt

Midnight Cowboy

Drama1969

Tagline: For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.

Release Date: 1969-05-25

Duration: 113 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Dustin Hoffman
    Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
  • Jon Voight
    Joe Buck
  • M. Emmet Walsh
    Bus Passenger (uncredited)
  • Bob Balaban
    The Young Student
  • Sylvia Miles
    Cass
  • John McGiver
    Mr. O'Daniel
  • Jennifer Salt
    Annie
  • Brenda Vaccaro
    Shirley
  • Sandy Duncan
    Woman in TV Montage (uncredited)
  • Marlene Clark
    Party Guest (uncredited)