Junior Bonner (1972) on Netflix
Junior Bonner rides into Prescott for the annual rodeo, his days on the circuit nearly over. His brother Curly is bulldozing the family house, and his parents, Ace and Elvira, are estranged.
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- IMDb6.7/107,532 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes92%
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Plot summary
Junior Bonner, a rodeo cowboy, has ridden broncos and bulls for years, and he arrives in Prescott, Arizona, for the Independence Day rodeo with injuries he tapes up himself. The Bonner family home is being torn down by his younger brother Curly, a real-estate developer who plans a trailer park on the site. Curly refuses to back their father Ace's plan to emigrate to Australia, raise sheep and mine gold, and Junior has no money to lend either. Ace and his wife Elvira are estranged. Junior, past his prime and short of cash, wants one more ride on Sunshine, the bull that threw him.
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- Sandra Deelas Nurse Arlis
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Junior Bonner (1972)
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- Stung by that failure but eager to work with Sam Peckinpah again, Steve McQueen handed him Walter Hill's screenplay for The Getaway; shot months later, it became one of the biggest box-office successes of both their careers.
- Sam Peckinpah accepted the project because he feared being typed as a director of violent action, with The Wild Bunch then his best-known film and Straw Dogs about to open. It was his last attempt at a low-key drama like Noon Wine and The Ballad of Cable Hogue.
