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A classic hard-boiled novel, trading back alleys and detectives offices for a dance marathon. Robert is an aspiring director which, in Depression-era Hollywood, means that he’s an out-of-work extra.
Running time: 129 MIN. With: Jane Fonda Michael Sarrazin Susannah York Gig Young Red Buttons Bonnie Bedelia. Horace McCoy's 1935 grimy novel of a depression era dance marathon, which sold a ...
She tells Robert that her life is hopeless and she would be better off dead. Robert feels that killing her is the kind thing to do. Putting her out of her misery and saving her decades of further unhappiness. So, when arrested, he doesn't attempt to deny the shooting. He simply makes the metaphorical connection to the practice with horses. Share.
Aug 20, 1970 · They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young. The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? One of the bleakest, most intense and haunting movies of the 60s. A gem more people need to watch. It’s a horror film, edited and shot in perfection. The “race” scenes have some of the best performances, editing and cinematography in any film. Jesus Christ, the performances are HAUNTING.
Most definitely a no-miss book, despite the fact that it was written in the 1930s, They Shoot Horses, Don't They is short (only 127 pages) but still incredibly powerful, examining not only how much pain or humiliation a person can withstand in his or her own fight for survival or that of others, but it also looks at the utter hopelessness for some in life's unending dance toward the American ...
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- Horace McCoy
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Horace Stanley McCoy (April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955) was an American writer whose mostly hardboiled stories took place during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), which was made into a movie of the same name in 1969, fourteen years after McCoy's death.
