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Bite the Bullet

1975 · 132 min

A rugged, good-natured endurance race that tests bodies and bonds, mixing dusty spectacle with quiet moments of respect and loss.

Directed by: Richard Brooks
Genres: Western, Adventure
Starring: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn

Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

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Directed by: Richard Brooks
Genres: Western, Adventure
Starring: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
survival
class
race
freedom
Places: wilderness
road trip
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: western, adventure
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Written by: Richard Brooks
Starring: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent, Dabney Coleman, Sally Kirkland
Music: Alex North
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.
Runtime: 132 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Spanish

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