Directed by:
Sam PeckinpahScreenplay:
Jeb RosebrookCinematography:
Lucien BallardComposer:
Jerry FieldingCast:
Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Mary Murphy, Bill McKinney, Dub Taylor, Sandra Deel, Don 'Red' Barry (more)Plots(1)
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner (McQueen) heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father. Now Junior must break the wildest bull in the West to bring his family together for one final moment of cowboy glory in the roughest, rowdiest ride of his life! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Steve McQueen
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Great Escape (1963)
Robert Preston
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Union Pacific (1939)
Ida Lupino
UK
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
High Sierra (1941)
Ben Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Joe Don Baker
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Natural (1984)
Cape Fear (1991)
Barbara Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Junior Bonner (1972)
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Seven (1979)
Mary Murphy
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Carrie (1952)
Houdini (1953)
Bill McKinney
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
First Blood (1982)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Dub Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Maverick (1994)
Sandra Deel
Best movies:
Junior Bonner (1972)
Don 'Red' Barry
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Dead End (1937)
Charles H. Gray
USA
Best movies:
Sleeper (1973)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Matthew Peckinpah
USA
Best movies:
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Toby Michaels
USA
Best movies:
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Junior Bonner (1972)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Francesca Jarvis
Best movies:
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Sam Peckinpah
USA
Best movies:
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Casey Tibbs
USA
Best movies:
Breakheart Pass (1975)
Junior Bonner (1972)
A Thunder of Drums (1961)