The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Movie · PG · 126 min · ★ 6.5 · 73% critics
After a vigilante rancher hangs a friend of a cattle rustler, the rustler’s gang strikes back by buying a nearby farm to fuel their horse-stealing operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, the rancher hires an eccentric sharpshooter who hunts down the gang ruthlessly.
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Details
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-05-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (245 votes)
About
You may like The Missouri Breaks if you enjoy a gritty, offbeat Western with intense rivals and wildly eccentric energy; Not for you if you want a straightforward, consistently likable story like The Electric Horseman or a gentler classic vibe.
Pros: fearless sharp-shooter energy; gritty frontier realism; bold star performances | Cons: unengaging or mean-spirited tone; slow or uneven pacing; polarizing, chaotic acting
Themes
- train robbery
- cheerful
Cast & crew
Marlon Brando
as Robert E. Lee Clayton
Jack Nicholson
as Tom Logan
Randy Quaid
as Tittle Tod
Kathleen Lloyd
as Jane Braxton
Frederic Forrest
as Cary
Harry Dean Stanton
as Calvin
John McLiam
as David Braxton
John P. Ryan
as Si
Steve Franken
as l'enfant solitaire
Richard Bradford
as Pete Marker
Directed by Arthur Penn