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The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

"His praire was the big city. His fantasy was..."

The story of a young man, a self-styled cowboy; His dreams of the Old West and its film heroes frequently crushed by the rhythms of modern, urban life.

Top Cast

  • Johnny Crawford

    Johnny Crawford

    Broncho Billy

  • Kristin Harmon

    Kristin Harmon

    The Girl

  • Ruth Hussey

    Ruth Hussey

    Voice Over

  • Ricky Nelson

    Ricky Nelson

    Voice Over

  • Wild Bill Tucker

    Wild Bill Tucker

    Old Timer

  • Ray Montgomery

    Ray Montgomery

    Store Owner

  • Merry Scanlon

    Merry Scanlon

    Counter Girl

  • Nancy Wible

    Nancy Wible

    Landlady

Overview

The story of a young man, a self-styled cowboy; His dreams of the Old West and its film heroes frequently crushed by the rhythms of modern, urban life.

Rating

6.4 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 30, 2024

    Johnny Crawford is the eponymous young man who is living in early 1970s urban America but longs for the days of the wild west. His home is a virtual shrine to all things Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart. He's behind with his rent and when his laconic attitude costs him his job, things don't look so great - he can't even get a drink! He decides to go and chat up a girl who has done a drawing of a cowboy - but his enthusiastic regaling of the styles of hat worn by John Wayne doesn't quite cut her mustard. It's quite quirky for about five minutes, and anyone who's a fan of the western genre might be able to appreciate just how "Billy" could have become subsumed - he even walks like the "Duke" while chewing on his toothpick. The thing about this is that once those five minutes have established the premiss the story just doesn't really go anywhere. He yearns for his fantasy world that cannot come true - or can it? It's an interesting fish-out-of-water story for a while, but I though it rather petered out.

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