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Bite the Bullet is an epic Western adventure featuring an amazing award-winning cast. Directed by Robert Brooks (In Cold Blood, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), the film's turn of the century tale of high stakes and harsh tests of endurance glorifies the kind of gutsy men and women who built this country. Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman plays a former rough-rider who matches wits with a lovely but shady lady in distress (Oscar nominee Candice Bergen). Academy-Award winner James Coburn (1997 Best Supporting Actor, Affliction) is a drifting ex-cowboy who joins a grueling 700-mile race and competes against a young, reckless cowboy (Jan-Michael Vincent), a haughty English sportsman (Oscar(r) nominee Ian Bannen), and a gutsy Pony Express rider (Oscar winner Ben Johnson, 1971 Best Supporting Actor, The Last Picture Show).
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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71%- Reviews Counted: 14
- Fresh: 10
- Rotten: 4
- Average Rating: 6.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: In spite of all the care, the money and the hardships that apparently went into its production, the movie looks prefabricated, like something assembled from other people's earlier, better inspirations.
Fresh: An excellent, literate action drama probing the diverse motivations of participants in an endurance horse race.
Fresh: A finely crafted, epic Western about a cross-country horseback endurance race.
Fresh: The result is that the film's message about sportsmanship decency becomes thoroughly anodyne. Entertaining nevertheless.
Customer Reviews
Fresh
I saw this movie in 1975 and liked it then I have just seen it again and still love it. When you watch it remeber when it was made. It put forth issues that weren't touched on in Westerns. There is greed, racism, and people finding a moral compass. Gene Hackmas is great, He and James Coburn make perfect cowboys. Jan Michael Vincent was a big deal at that time. There was also the oh so believable Ben Johnson. Also Sally Kirkland, Dabney Coleman, Ian Bannen and Candace Bergan. She did another western with Hackman.
However, be sure you watch the last five minutes of the movie!
5 Star Western
This is one of the best westerns ever, just look at the cast. Great horse movie and very beautiful widescreen western landscapes. A top ten western of all time, now in HD, now your talkin’ iTunes! Thanks.
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- $12.99
- Genre: Western
- Released: 1975
- © 1975, renewed 2003 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.