Cowboy (1958) on Netflix
Frank Harris, a Chicago hotel clerk, dreams of a fortune in cattle and loves Maria, whose father, a Mexican cattle baron, forbids the match. He buys into Tom Reece's drive.
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Plot summary
Frank Harris works the desk at a Chicago hotel and dreams of making a fortune in cattle. He has fallen for Maria, the daughter of Señor Vidal, a Mexican cattle baron staying at the hotel. Vidal learns of the courtship, orders Harris to keep away, and prepares to take Maria back to Mexico. Tom Reece, just off a cattle drive, takes over a wing of the hotel and strikes a deal to buy Vidal's herd. A poker game costs Reece his money, and Harris offers his life savings for a half share in the coming drive and a seat on it. Reece accepts. The trail is nothing like the life Harris imagined, and Reece has little patience for an inexperienced partner.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cowboy (1958)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Dalton Trumbo co-wrote the screenplay with Edmund H. North but received no screen credit at the time, because he had been blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten.
- Jack Lemmon's character, Frank Harris, is based on the real Frank Harris, whose 1930 semi-autobiographical novel My Reminiscences as a Cowboy the film adapts.
