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75% Critic Match
Midnight Cowboy
“For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.”
7.5 / 10• 1969• 1h 53m•NC-17• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dustin Hoffman
Ratso
Lead
Jon Voight
Joe Buck
Sylvia Miles
Cass
John McGiver
Mr. O'Daniel
Brenda Vaccaro
Shirley
Barnard Hughes
Towny
Ruth White
Sally Buck
Jennifer Salt
Annie
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Schlesinger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Midnight Cowboy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
