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Junior Bonner is a 1972 American contemporary Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona, to participate in an annual rodeo competition and reunite with his brother and estranged parents.
- $2.8 million or $1,840,000
- Jerry Fielding
- $3.2 million
- Joe Wizan
Jul 21, 1972 · 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.
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- Drama, Western
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1972-07-21
Aging rodeo star Junior Bonner decides to return to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona to enter the town's annual Frontier Days rodeo. Hurt from being thrown by a bull in his last rodeo, the affable but broke Junior, whom most people call "JR," borrows money from friends to pay his entrance fee to some of the events, including a wild-cow-milking contest, which he hopes to win with the help of ...
- Sam Peckinpah
- Steve Mcqueen
Rated: 4/5 • May 30, 2018. May 30, 2018. When wandering middle-aged rodeo rider Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) returns to his Arizona hometown, he reunites with his family, which includes his ...
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- Sam Peckinpah
- PG
- Steve Mcqueen
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Seen with these two earlier films in mind, “Junior Bonner” becomes a flat-out disappointment, despite Peckinpah’s track record and his proven ability to elegize the West. It’s hard, at first, to figure out what goes wrong. The movie is populated with good performances. The McQueen character (who is the kind of guy people just naturally ...
