“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.
John Schlesinger
Jerome Hellman
Waldo Salt
Adam Holender
John Barry
Jon Voight
Joe Buck
Dustin Hoffman
Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo
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
Gary Owens
Little Joe
T. Tom Marlow
Little Joe
George Eppersen
Ralph
... and 48 more
Potential Kermode
**"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....
CinemaSerf
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...
r96sk
<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 ...
Rizzo's Apartment
Clip • YouTube
The Hustler Gets Hustled
Clip • YouTube
New In Town
Clip • YouTube
Official Trailer
Trailer • YouTube
Jon Voight on Working with Director John Schlesinger on Midnight Cowboy
Featurette • YouTube
“I’m Walkin’ Here!”
Clip • YouTube
Florin Productions
Jerome Hellman Productions
United Artists