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McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

Directed by Robert Altman

Drama | Western

Most recently watched by schofizzy

Overview

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

Rated R | Length 120 minutes

Actors

Warren Beatty | Julie Christie | René Auberjonois | William Devane | John Schuck | Corey Fischer | Bert Remsen | Shelley Duvall | Keith Carradine | Michael Murphy | Antony Holland | Hugh Millais | Manfred Schulz | Jace Van Der Veen | Jackie Crossland | Elizabeth Murphy | Carey Lee McKenzie | Thomas Hill | Linda Sorensen | Elisabeth Knight | Janet Wright | Maysie Hoy | Linda Kupecek | Jeremy Newson | Wayne Robson | Jack Riley | Robert Fortier | Wayne Grace | Wes Taylor | Anne Cameron | Graeme Campbell | J.S. Johnson | Joe Clarke | Harry Frazier | Edwin Collier | Terence Kelly | Brantley Kearns | Don Francks | Rodney Gage | Lili Francks | Joan Tewkesbury | Harvey Lowe | Eric Schneider | Milos Zatovic | Claudine Melgrave | Derek Keurvorst | Alex Diakun | Gord Robertson | Terence Hill | Dale Wilson | Ed Hong-Louie

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Viewing Notes

This is one of Altman’s best films. I love the atmosphere created in this Pacific Northwest pioneering town: dark, rainy, muddy, snowy, grimy, etc. Just watching it makes you want to get bundled up under a warm blanket. There’s a beauty to the underlit cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond.

The large cast of characters is one of Altman’s trademarks, as well as the overlapping dialogue and the lived-in feeling of the scenes. It’s also a commentary on corrupt American capitalism.

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