Midnight Cowboy
1969 · directed by John Schlesinger
- Rating
- 94/100
- Hit
- yes
- Prestige lists
- AFI 100, Oscar Winner, NFR
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.
Midnight Cowboy (1969), directed by John Schlesinger, rates 94/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman
- Jon Voight
- Sylvia Miles
- John McGiver
- Brenda Vaccaro
- Barnard Hughes
- Ruth White
- Jennifer Salt
- Gilman Rankin
- Gary Owens
Crew
- Adam Holender — Director of Photography
- Hugh A. Robertson — Editor
- John Barry — Original Music Composer
- Waldo Salt — Screenplay
More from John Schlesinger
- A Kind of Loving (1962) — 80/100 · hit
- Billy Liar (1963) — 77/100
- Cold Comfort Farm (1995) — 75/100
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — 74/100
- Marathon Man (1976) — 73/100
- Darling (1965) — 70/100
How these numbers work: Methodology