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The Missouri Breaks
The film focuses on Tom Logan, a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous 'regulator', to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
24 January 1918, Alberta, Canada
21 August 1930, Estherville, Iowa, USA
5 February 1915, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
21 February 1896, Newark, New Jersey, USA
1 October 1950, Houston, Texas, USA
10 November 1934, Conroe, Texas, USA
23 December 1936, Waxahachie, Texas, USA
22 April 1937, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
14 July 1926, West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
12 May 1938, New York City, New York, USA
November 18, 2005
If Penn failed to ride herd on his two superstars, he still was able to wrangle some sharp observations on the clash between the mythic old West and its reality
July 15, 2004
Brando admittedly improvised quite a bit in his over-the-top role.
January 01, 2000
Enjoyable, if forgettable, New Hollywood shtick.
May 20, 2003
This appealingly eccentric revisionist western highlights the critical importance of violence in establishing 'civilized' society in the American wilderness.
May 10, 2007
Interesting, even if not cohesive, Brando & Nicholson western.
June 24, 2008
As a film achievement it's corned beef and ham hash.
December 30, 2006
Slightly lacking in tension but with a striking performance from Marlon Brando
January 04, 2015
... worth seeing if only for the madness of Marlon Brando ... it's not hard to see why some charge him with sabotaging the film with a genuinely bizarre performance
November 12, 2005
Brando's conversation with his horse, in which he notes that the animal has "the lips of Salome and the eyes of Cleopatra," must be seen to be believed...
November 12, 2008
A Western-as-capitalist-critique piece shanghaied by Marlon Brando's eccentric bounty hunter trying on brogues, mumus, and buckskin Nudie suits.
May 24, 2003
Although there are obvious flaws, there's a lot to recommend what turns out to be a dark, cynical work with some finely honed character acting from both men.
