Modern-day cowboy idealist fights to maintain Wild West spectacle in the face of bad luck and declining interest.
After reading the script written by Dennis E. Hackin and Neal Dobrofsky, Clint Eastwood decided to team up with Sondra Locke to make the picture. In the fall of 1979, the film was shot in the Boise, Idaho area for two months. Filming took place in New York and eastern Oregon. It was completed two to four weeks ahead of schedule despite having a low budget of $5 million.
Bronco Billy McCoy (Clint Eastwood) owns a tiny traveling Wild West show, which he proudly displays to the world. However, the company isn’t doing so well financially. He hasn’t paid his workers for six months now. When John Arlington (Geoffrey Lewis) abandoned his wife Antoinette Lily (Sondra Locke) on their wedding night, he picked her up at a petrol station. As a result, Billy decides to make her his personal assistant. The company’s fortunes tend to go downhill when she leaves. Bronco Billy and her new way of life become more appealing to her during these difficult times.
Bronco Billy Crew
- Directed by Clint Eastwood
- Written by Dennis Hackin
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Cinematography by David Worth
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Edited by Joel Cox, Ferris Webster
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Music by Snuff Garrett
Produced by
- Dennis Hackin
- Neil Dobrofsky
- Distributed by Warner Bros.
Bronco Billy (1980) Movie Cast
Starring
- Clint Eastwood as Billy “Bronco Billy” McCoy
- Sondra Locke as Antoinette Lily
- Geoffrey Lewis as John Arlington
- Scatman Crothers as “Doc” Lynch
- Bill McKinney as “Lefty” LeBow
- Sam Bottoms as Leonard James
- Dan Vadis as Chief Big Eagle
- Sierra Pecheur as Lorraine Running Water
- Walter Barnes as Sheriff Dix
- Woodrow Parfrey as Dr. Canterbury
- Beverlee McKinsey as Irene Lily
- Doug McGrath as Lieutenant Wiecker
- Hank Worden as Station Mechanic
- Tessa Richarde as Miss Mitzy
- William Prince as Edgar Lipton
Release date
June 11, 1980
Running time
116 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $6.5 million
Box office $24,265,583