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In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
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Cast
80 people
Ryan O'Neal
Leo Harrigan
Known for
Barry Lyndon
Paper Moon
Burt Reynolds
Buck Greenway
Known for
Boogie Nights
The Longest Yard
Tatum O'Neal
Alice Forsyte
Known for
Paper Moon
The Bad News Bears
Brian Keith
H.H. Cobb
Known for
The Parent Trap
The Wind and the Lion
Stella Stevens
Marty Reeves
Known for
The Poseidon Adventure
The Nutty Professor
John Ritter
Franklin Frank
Known for
It
Problem Child
Jane Hitchcock
Kathleen Cooke
Also in
See China and Die
Jack Perkins
Michael Gilhooley
Known for
Automan
Grand Theft Auto
Brion James
Bailiff
Known for
Blade Runner
The Fifth Element
Sidney Armus
Judge
Known for
The Thomas Crown Affair
Postcards from the Edge
Joe Warfield
Morgan
Known for
The Tattoo
Tamar Cooper
Edna Mae Gilhooley
Known for
Not of This Earth
Peter Bogdanovich Director · W.D. Richter Writer Richard Hazard Composer
Budget $9M · United States release December 21, 1976 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Production
British Lion Films
Production
EMI Films
Production
Winkler Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1976
Theatrical
Finland
June 10, 1977 · Theatrical
France
September 20, 1977 · Theatrical
July 6, 2026 · Digital · Arte•tv
July 6, 2026 · TV · Arte
Germany
September 1, 1977 · Theatrical · Tobis
July 6, 2026 · Digital · Arte•tv
July 6, 2026 · TV · Arte
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