Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

132 mins | Action, Adventure, Western | Sept. 26, 1975

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

Bite the Bullet

132 mins | Action, Adventure, Western | Sept. 26, 1975

Bite the Bullet
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Columbia Pictures, Persky-Bright Productions, Vista
Original title Bite the Bullet
Directors Tom Shaw, Charles Bonniwell, Richard Brooks
Writers Richard Brooks

Cast

Gene Hackman

as Sam Clayton

Candice Bergen

as Miss Jones

James Coburn

as Luke Matthews

Ben Johnson

as Mister

Ian Bannen

as Sir Harry Norfolk

Dabney Coleman

as Jack Parker

Sally Kirkland

as Honey

Buddy Van Horn

as Slim

Jean Willes

as Rosie

Mario Arteaga

as Mexican

Robert Donner

as Reporter

John McLiam

as Gebhardt

Robert F. Hoy

as Lee Christie

Jerry Gatlin

as The Wood Cutter

Walter Scott

as Steve

Paul Stewart

as J.B. Parker (uncredited)