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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
People are the ultimate spectacle.
7.6(389)19692h 0m
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Created by
- Theodore B. Sills
- Writers
- James Poe,Robert E. Thompson
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Cast
Jane Fonda
Gloria Beatty
Michael Sarrazin
Robert Syverton
Susannah York
Alice LeBlanc
Gig Young
Rocky Gravo
Red Buttons
Sailor
Bonnie Bedelia
Ruby Bates
Michael Conrad
Rollo
Bruce Dern
James Bates
Al Lewis
Turkey
Robert Fields
Joel
Severn Darden
Cecil
Allyn Ann McLerie
Shirl
Madge Kennedy
Mrs. Laydon
Jacquelyn Hyde
Jackie
Felice Orlandi
Mario
Art Metrano
Max
Gail Billings
Lillian
Lynn Willis
Coley James
Maxine Greene
Agnes
Mary Gregory
Nurse
Robert Dunlap
College Boy
Paul Mantee
Jiggs
Tim Herbert
Doctor
Tom McFadden
Second Trainer
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Crew
Directing
- Sydney PollackDirector
- Joyce WebbScript Supervisor
Writing
- Horace McCoyNovel
- James PoeScreenplay
- Robert E. ThompsonScreenplay
Production
- Theodore B. SillsExecutive Producer
- Robert ChartoffProducer
- Irwin WinklerProducer
- Lynn StalmasterCasting
- Mort HeiligProduction Executive
Camera
- Philip H. LathropDirector of Photography
- Art SayStill Photographer
Editing
- Fredric SteinkampEditor
Sound
- Norval D. CrutcherSound Effects Editor
- Tom OvertonSound Designer
- Brandon KelloggSound Recordist
- Tex RudloffSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Johnny GreenOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Harry HornerProduction Design
- Frank R. McKelvySet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Frank McCoyMakeup Artist
- DonfeldCostume Design
- Carla HadleyHairdresser