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Cowboy is a american film of genre Action directed by Delmer Daves released in USA on 19 february 1958 with Glenn Ford
Cowboy (1958)
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Add to a movie listCowboy is a 1958 western film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. This film is an adaptation of the Frank Harris semi-autobiographical novel My Reminiscences as a Cowboy. Lemmon's character is based on Harris. The opening animated title sequence was created by Saul Bass.
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Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) is a Chicago hotel clerk who dreams of being a cowboy and has fallen in love with Maria (Anna Kashfi), the daughter of hotel guest and Mexican cattle baron Señor Vidal (Donald Randolph). When Señor Vidal finds out, he orders Harris to stay away.Actors
Glenn Ford
(Tom Reese)
Jack Lemmon
(Frank Harris)
Anna Kashfi
(Maria Vidal / Arriega)
Dick York
(Charlie, Trailhand)
King Donovan
(Joe Capper, Trailhand)
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