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Cockfighter

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Cockfighter
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R,1hr 23min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1974
Director:
Monte Hellman
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton  ...more
Synopsis: Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates) is a game cock trainer who has taken a vow of silence; he once bragged too loudly about his cockfighting prowess and ended up losing his best fowl in a drunken, late-night match before an important tournament. To regain his pride after such hubris, Frank refuses to utter a word until he wins the coveted "Cockfighter of the Year" medal. Cockfighter follows his ups and downs as he attempts to succeed in the shadowy, barely legal sport. Frank loses his truck, trailer, ... Full Synopsis
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Fred Beldin, AMG Review
"I learned to fly a plane, I lost interest in it. Waterskiing, I lost interest in it. But this is something you don't conquer." The opening of the unique Cockfighter tries to immediately explain the allure of its illicit subject, but the effort is in vain, as the remainder of the film's story showcases an assortment of obsessed men who love and care for their fighting roosters, then send them to violent ... Full Review
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Warren Oates
Frank Mansfield
Richard B. Shull
Omar Baradinsky
Harry Dean Stanton
Jack Burke
Troy Donahue
Randall Mansfield
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