Cockfighter

Cockfighter

83 mins | Drama | Aug. 1, 1974

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Cockfighter

83 mins | Drama | Aug. 1, 1974

Cockfighter
A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Artists Entertainment Complex, New World Pictures
Original title Cockfighter
Directors Don Walters, Monte Hellman
Writers Charles Willeford

Cast

Warren Oates

as Frank Mansfield

Richard B. Shull

as Omar Baradansky

Harry Dean Stanton

as Jack Burke

Ed Begley Jr.

as Tom Peeples

Laurie Bird

as Dody White Burke

Troy Donahue

as Randall Mansfield

Warren Finnerty

as Sanders

Robert Earl Jones

as Buford

Patricia Pearcy

as Mary Elizabeth

Millie Perkins

as Frances Mansfield

Steve Railsback

as Junior

Tom Spratley

as Mister Peeples

Charles Willeford

as Ed Middleton

Pete Munro

as Packard

Kermit Echols

as Fred Reed

Ed Smith

as Whipple

Jimmy Williams

as Buddy Waggoner

John Trotter

as Hansen

Lois Zeitlin

as Lucille

Joe Bentley

as Peach Owen

A.B. Greeson

as Pete Chocolate

Bob Hannah

as Deputy sheriff

Sara Rickman

as Martha Middleton

Meg Brush

as Mary Elizabeth's mother

Oliver Coleman

as Senator Foxhall

Donnie Fritts

as Gangleader - old man mask

Bobby Dunn

as Gambler

Kim Bernard

as Gambler

Ank Carleton

as Captain Mack

Billy Abbott

as Referee

Dickey Betts

as Cigarette mask (uncredited)

Steven Gaydos

as Nixon mask (uncredited)