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Cockfighter (also known as Born to Kill, Gamblin' Man and Wild Drifter) is a 1974 drama film by director Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and featuring Laurie Bird and Ed Begley, Jr. The screenplay is based on the 1962 novel of the same title by Charles Willeford.
- $400,000
- Roger Corman
- Michael Franks
- July 30, 1974 (Roswell, Georgia)
The intersection between the G.T.O character and the aimless drifter trapped in a comfort zone in Hellman's own Two-Lane Blacktop, and the dark, filthy oppressive setting and self-sabotaging laser focus on a hopeless goal of Peckinpah's Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.
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- Monte Hellman
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Jan 26, 2019 · Cockfighter follows Frank Mansfield (Oates) as he struggles to make the money required to secure his position as a serious contender at the cockfighting championships. In typical Hellman style, this plot begins in media res: it’s only through flashback that we learn of Frank’s defeat prior to the last championship, as well as his subsequent ...
A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.
- Monte Hellman
- 83
- Drama
- Frank Mansfield; Omar Baradansky; Jack Burke
A third western, China 9, Liberty 37 (1978), was far less successful critically, although it too has its admirers, as do Cockfighter (1974) (aka Born to Kill) and Iguana (1988). In 1989, he directed the straight-to-video slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Monte Jay Himmelbaum, July 12, 1929, New York City, U.S.
- Barboura Morris (1954–1958)
Aug 1, 1974 · Cockfighter follows his ups and downs as he attempts to succeed in the shadowy, barely legal sport. Frank loses his truck, trailer, and a girlfriend after trying to rig a match with fellow cocksman Jack Burke (Harry Dean Stanton), and has to sell his house to raise funds for stock.
Sep 10, 2012 · Cockfighter 1974, directed by Monte Hellman | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Charles Willeford 's adaptation of his own novel, shot on authentic locations, with Oates as the obsessive...
