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BITE THE BULLET is an epic Western adventure featuring an amazing award-winning cast. Directed by Robert Brooks (In Cold Blood, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), the film's turn of the century tale of high stakes and harsh tests of endurance glorifies the kind of gutsy men and women who built this country. Two-time Oscar® winner GENE HACKMAN plays a former rough-rider who matches wits with a lovely but shady lady in distress (Oscar® nominee CANDICE BERGEN). Academy-Award® winner JAMES COBURN (1997 Best Supporting Actor, Affliction) is a drifting ex-cowboy who joins a grueling 700-mile race and competes against a young, reckless cowboy (JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT), a haughty English sportsman (Oscar® nominee IAN BANNEN), and a gutsy Pony Express rider (Oscar® winner BEN JOHNSON, 1971 Best Supporting Actor, The Last Picture Show).
Original Release
05/01/1975
US Release
06/25/1975
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Hackman | Sam Clayton |
Candice Bergen | Miss Jones |
James Coburn | Luke Matthews |
Ben Johnson | Mister |
Ian Bannen | Sir Harry Norfolk |
Jan-Michael Vincent | Carbo |
Robert Donner | Reporter |
Jean Willes | Rosie |
Mario Arteaga | Mexican |
Dabney Coleman | Jack Parker |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Hackman | Sam Clayton |
Candice Bergen | Miss Jones |
James Coburn | Luke Matthews |
Ben Johnson | Mister |
Ian Bannen | Sir Harry Norfolk |
Jan-Michael Vincent | Carbo |
Robert Donner | Reporter |
Jean Willes | Rosie |
Mario Arteaga | Mexican |
Dabney Coleman | Jack Parker |
John McLiam | Gebhardt |
Bob Hoy | Lee Christie |
Jerry Gatlin | The Wood Cutter |
Sally Kirkland | Honey |
Walter Scott | Steve |
William H. Burton Jr. | Billy |
Buddy Van Horn | Slim |
Joe Brooks | |
Lucia Canales | |
Darwin Lamb |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Brooks | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1976 | Oscar | Best Sound | Nominated |
1976 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score | Nominated |