The cockfighter

The cockfighter

Original title: The cockfighter
Production: Artists Entertainment Complex; New World Pictures; Rio Pinto Productions Inc.
Country: United States
Director: Monte Hellman
Script: Charles Willeford
Photography: Néstor Almendros
Music: Michael Franks
Cast: Warren Oates; Richard B. Shull; Harry Dean Stanton; Troy Donahue
Year: 1974
Duration: 83
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Original language: English
Languages available: English; Spanish
Subtitles: Spanish

Synopsis:

Frank Mansfield has wanted to win the Cockfighter of the Year medal for ages. Frank never speaks. After shooting his mouth off one too many times then losing a champion rooster in a casual hotel room cockfight, he swore never to speak again until he's won that award...

Based on the novel by Charles Willeford.