Midnight Cowboy
“For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.”
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
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Cast
62 people
Dustin Hoffman
Ratso
Known for
Rain Man
Kung Fu Panda
Jon Voight
Joe Buck
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Sylvia Miles
Cass
Known for
Evil Under the Sun
She-Devil
John McGiver
Mr. O'Daniel
Known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Love in the Afternoon
Brenda Vaccaro
Shirley
Known for
Johnny Bravo
Kubo and the Two Strings
Barnard Hughes
Towny
Known for
The Lost Boys
Tron
Ruth White
Sally Buck
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
Hang 'em High
Jennifer Salt
Annie
Known for
Sisters
Soap
Gilman Rankin
Woodsy Niles
Known for
Assault on Precinct 13
Gary Owens
Little Joe
T. Tom Marlow
Little Joe
No other roles listed
George Eppersen
Ralph
No other roles listed
John Schlesinger Director · Waldo Salt Screenplay James Leo Herlihy Author
Worldwide gross $45M · Budget $3.6M · United States release July 30, 1969
Box office
Budget
$3,600,000
Worldwide gross
$44,785,053
Gross vs. budget
12.4×
Production
Florin Productions
Production
Jerome Hellman Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Canada · May 25, 1969
Theatrical
United States · July 30, 1969
Theatrical
United States
May 25, 1969 · Premiere
January 1, 1971 · Theatrical · re-release with R-rating
Argentina
January 29, 1970 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 16, 1969 · Theatrical
December 10, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
January 13, 2005 · Digital
Denmark
December 19, 1969 · Theatrical
Finland
November 7, 1969 · Theatrical
France
October 14, 1969 · Theatrical
Germany
July 17, 1969 · Theatrical
Greece
July 31, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Hungary
March 6, 1975 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 29, 1969 · Theatrical
Italy
October 21, 1969 · Theatrical
Japan
October 9, 1969 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 23, 1970 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 20, 1969 · Theatrical
January 10, 2003 · TV · Net 5
August 3, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Norway
December 26, 1969 · Theatrical
Poland
September 1, 1973 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 2, 1970 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 20, 1975 · Theatrical
Spain
September 13, 1975 · Theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
May 25, 1969 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 25, 1969 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 29, 1969 · Theatrical · (Rated X)
February 1, 2000 · Physical · DVD
August 13, 2019 · Theatrical · (Re-release)
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