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Rating: 7 stars

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arizona bull rider rodeo Family father son dancing saloon dog

All movies seen on 06/11/2025

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Junior Bonner (1972)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

Drama | Western

Overview

With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner 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.

Rated PG | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Steve McQueen | Robert Preston | Ida Lupino | Ben Johnson | Joe Don Baker | Barbara Leigh | Mary Murphy | Bill McKinney | Dub Taylor | Sandra Deel | Don Barry | Charles H. Gray | Matthew Peckinpah | Sundown Spencer | Rita Garrison | Roxanne Knight | Sandra Pew | William E. Pierce | P. K. Strong | Toby Michaels | Bonnie Clausing | Francesca Jarvis | George Weintraub | Irene Simpson | Lynette Carrington | James M. George | Rod Hart | Wayne McLaren | Sam Peckinpah | Sharon Peckinpah | Casey Tibbs

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

RIP Joe Don Baker

(RIP to nearly everyone in this movie)

Maybe they still make movies like this on the indie scene but they really don’t make movies like this anymore (in Hollywood). Everybody and everything looks and feels so real and lived in. I give it a small bump because it reminds me of my childhood and the long family vacations we’d take out west. We would go to rodeos and visit small towns loaded with patriotism. This movie captures a lot of that.

JDB is good here but should’ve been given more to do. His character is great.

That dog = MVP

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