Pocket Money (1972)

Directed by

Stuart Rosenberg

Genre

drama film, Western film, buddy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two down-on-their-luck men in Arizona and northern Mexico try to make a buck getting cattle across the border. Their scheme falls apart in a string of small setbacks and disagreements.

lightheartedbittersweetwrymeanderingdryly comicsun-bakedgritty

What happens

Pocket Money is a 1972 American buddy-comedy film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, from a screenplay written by Terrence Malick and based on the 1970 novel Jim Kane by J. P. S. Brown. The film stars Paul Newman and Lee Marvin and takes place in 1970s Arizona and northern Mexico. It was filmed mostly in the small town of Ajo, Arizona. Portions of the film were shot at Southwestern Studios in Carefree, Arizona, a facility built by cast member Fred Graham. According to co-star Wayne Rogers, in an episode of Pop Goes the Culture, Newman and Marvin did not get along especially well during production. This movie was one of three films that Newman, Rogers, and Rosenberg made together; the others being Cool Hand Luke (1967) and WUSA (1970). The song "Pocket Money" is composed and performed by Carole King. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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