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Cockfighter: Directed by Monte Hellman. With Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Ed Begley Jr.. In the Deep South, a trainer of fighting cocks takes a vow of silence and gambles his loves and possessions in a bid to win a championship.
Apr 7, 2010 · One Monte Hellman's best films, made cheaply for Roger Corman, sports a classic Warren Oates performance where he doesn't speak for almost all of the film. That formal challenge itself would make the film remarkable, but Cockfighter's exploration of a shady subculture in the 1970s makes it a must-see.
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Jan 30, 2001 · Monte Hellman's Cockfighter, adapted by cult noir writer Charles Willeford from his novel, is a strange bird indeed, an art film for an exploitation audience. Set in the game-fighting pits of the Deep South, it follows a season on the circuit with Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates), a veteran fighter whose hubris has cost him everything and who ...
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Monte Hellman (/ ˈ m ɒ n t i /; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV , and made his directorial debut with the horror film Beast from Haunted Cave (1959), produced by Gene Corman , Roger Corman's ...
Cockfighter, another Roger Corman/Monte Hellman collaboration, explores the popular but mostly illegal "sport" of cockfighting (it is banned in 48 states). The film was marketed under several different titles but it never caught on and was virtually unseen until the Anchor Bay DVD release in 2001.
Aug 1, 1974 · One Monte Hellman's best films, made cheaply for Roger Corman, sports a classic Warren Oates performance where he doesn't speak for almost all of the film. That formal challenge itself would make the film remarkable, but Cockfighter's exploration of a shady subculture in the 1970s makes it a must-see.
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Cockfighter (1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Monte Hellman Writing Credits Charles Willeford ...
