Cockfighter (1974)
- Directed by
- Monte Hellman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 62 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man travels through the South with his rooster, entering cockfighting competitions. He is focused on winning a championship and maintaining his reputation in this brutal subculture.
grittybleakrawslow-burnmatter-of-factunsentimentalbrooding
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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