Missouri Breaks

Titre original : The Missouri Breaks

1976
12
2h 6min

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6,5/10

13 k

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Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson in Missouri Breaks (1976)

Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.

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Tom Logan est voleur de chevaux. David Braxton est éleveur et vient d'engager Lee Clayton, un "régulateur" pour traquer les voleurs de chevaux.Tom Logan est voleur de chevaux. David Braxton est éleveur et vient d'engager Lee Clayton, un "régulateur" pour traquer les voleurs de chevaux.Tom Logan est voleur de chevaux. David Braxton est éleveur et vient d'engager Lee Clayton, un "régulateur" pour traquer les voleurs de chevaux.

Réalisation
- Arthur Penn
Scénario
- Thomas McGuane
- Robert Towne
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

6,5/10

13 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Arthur Penn
Scénario
- Thomas McGuane
- Robert Towne
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Anecdotes
Jack Nicholson did not like the fact that Marlon Brando used cue cards while filming. In their scenes together, Nicholson broke his concentration every time Brando shifted his gaze to the cue card behind the cameraman.

Gaffes
In quite a few (European) countries, the local title of this film translates to "Duel in Missouri". However, the film takes place in Montana, in the Missouri River Breaks area.

Citations
Hellsgate rancher: They call this country Hell's Gate. When my dad came in here, it was nothing but a bunch of savage Indians. And Jesuits. Old Thomas Jefferson said that he was a warrior so his son could be a farmer, so *his* son could be a poet. And I raise cattle so my son can be a merchant, so his son can move to Newport, Rhode Island and buy a sailboat and never see one of these bastard-ass sons of bitching mountains again.
Si: Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Hellsgate rancher: A guy back east.

Versions alternatives
The original UK cinema version was cut for a 'AA' (15) certificate by the BBFC to edit a sex scene, a shooting, a shot of a spike hitting a man's forehead, and blood dripping from a man's mouth. The cuts were fully restored in the 1987 video release, though the later 2004 DVD version was slightly re-edited owing to print damage.

Connexions
Featured in Cinefile: Marlon Brando, Wild One (1994)

Bandes originales
Oh! Susanna
(uncredited)
Written by Stephen Foster
Performed by Cast

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8/10

Wonderful old western with only Meeting of Nicholson and Brando

Good western set in Montana with the only ever on-screen pairing of Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando. Nicholson was beginning his acting career, and Brando was winding down. Wonderful part played by Harry Dean Stanton. He looks and sounds like an old horse thief.

Lots of good humor in the dialog.

Brando plays the strangest hit man ever seen. He is a professional killer who is gay, speaks with a lispy Scottish accent, and does inexplicably odd things. He wears a granny dress in one scene, a Chinese coolie hat in another, but he is deadly from very long range. Brando seemed to enjoy himself in this one. In his last scene he talks to his horse as if she is a coy mistress.

A young Randy Quaid plays a dopey cowhand very well.

There was only one part I think was miscast - John Ryan was too New York for a Wild West film.

Beautiful cinematography. Lots of cowboy action - train robbery, stealing horses, shoot-outs, and wide open spaces.

Funny scene in a bar where a man is tried for his crimes. It is different in tone from the rest of the movie because it is a parody of the old west played by people from the era who are in on the joke. It stands out because it's not really part of the same movie.