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Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Bud ShrakeScreenplay
- James FrawleyDirector
- Tim McIntireOriginal Music Composer
- John RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dennis HopperBickford Waner
- Warren OatesReese Ford
- Peter BoylePreacher Bob
- Ben JohnsonSheriff 'Mean John' Simpson
- Lee PurcellMolly Ford
- Janice RuleJanet Conforto
- Ralph WaiteDrummer
- Clifton JamesMr. Hendricks
- José TorvayOld Coyote
- Mary JacksonMrs. Evans
- Jay VarelaMendoza
- Jack StarrettTough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
Stills
Themes
airplanehorse