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Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York City for the first time. Preening himself
as a real “hustler”, he finds that he is the one getting “hustled” until he teams up with
down-and-out but resilient outcast Ratso Rizzo. The initial “country cousin meets city
cousin” relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at
every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades.
Each has found his first real friend.
Directed by John Schlesinger
1969, 113 minutes
