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Junior "JR" Bonner is a rodeo cowboy who is slightly past his prime, although he won't admit it. Junior is first seen taping up his injuries after an unsuccessful ride on an ornery bull named Sunshine. He returns home to Prescott, Arizona, for the Independence Day parade and rodeo.
Junior Bonner: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson. Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.
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- Drama, Western
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1972-07-21
“We could’ve won.” – Ace Bonner “We did, Ace.” – Junior Bonner. The experience of watching Junior Bonner (Sam Peckinpah, 1972) in tandem with Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) works so brilliantly that it ultimately cannot be explained in words: this double-feature operates on your heart. Surprising as it might seem, these ...
Oct 1, 2018 · In one of its more forceful moments, the abandoned home of Ace Bonner (Junior’s ageing father and former rodeo champion, played by Robert Preston) is torn apart by graders amidst a vision of toxic, environmentally ruinous America enabled by Junior’s entrepreneurial brother, Curly (Joe Don Baker).
- Adrian Danks
Aug 3, 1972 · Junior Bonner (Steve Mc Queen), pushing 40 and no longer an especially success ful circuit contestant, returns to his hometown of Prescot, Ariz., to compete in the annual rodeo. It's no...
When wandering middle-aged rodeo rider Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) returns to his Arizona hometown, he reunites with his family, which includes his charming, troublemaking father, Ace...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG
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Steve McQueen as Junior Bonner; Ben Johnson as Buck Roan; Joe Don Baker as Curley Bonner; Robert Preston as Ace Bonner; Ida Lupino as Elvira Bonner
