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Certificate 18

Cast Jon Voight Dustin Hoffman Sylvia Miles

Directors John Schlesinger

Screenwriters Waldo Salt

Running Time 113 minutes

Midnight Cowboy
A strange mix of Oscar-winner and Cult Classic

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Plot
Joe Buck is a cowboy in New York city trying to make ends meet by selling his body uptown. When he teams up with ailing hustler/manager Ratso Rizzo they hope to strike it rich... but the streets of New York city aren't kind or generous...

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