Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Jon Voight in the title role alongside Dustin Hoffman. Notable smaller roles are filled by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt and Barnard Hughes M. Emmet Walsh appears in an uncredited cameo.
As the film opens, Joe Buck Jon Voight, a young Texan working as a dishwasher, dresses in new cowboy clothing, packs a suitcase, and quits his job. He heads to New York City hoping to succeed as a male prostitute for women. Initially unsuccessful, he succeeds in bedding a welltodo middleaged New Yorker Sylvia Miles, but Joe ends up giving her money.Joe then meets Enrico Salvatore Ratso Rizzo Dustin Hoffman, a street con man with a limp who takesfrom Joe by offering to introduce him to a known pimp, who turns out to be a Bible thumper John McGiver. Joe flees the encounter in pursuit of Ratso. Joe spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel room. Soon broke, he is locked out of his hotel room and most of his belongings are impounded. ........
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