The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
107 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert BentonDirector
- Harvey SchmidtOriginal Music Composer
- David NewmanWriter
- Robert BentonWriter
Cast
- Jeff BridgesJake Rumsey
- Barry BrownDrew Dixon
- David HuddlestonBig Joe
- Jerry HouserArthur Simms
- Geoffrey LewisHobbs
- Ed LauterOrin
- John SavageLoney
- Jim DavisMarshal
- Damon DouglasJim Bob Logan
- Joshua Hill LewisBoog Bookin
- John QuadeNolan
- Jean AllisonMrs. Dixon
Stills
Themes
runawaymarshalloyaltymissouribetrayaldraft dodger19th century