Junior Bonner
1972, PG, 103 min.
Directed by Sam Peckinpah, Starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker.

McQueen plays an aging bull rider who returns to his hometown rodeo for a shot at glory. This untypically gentle Peckinpah film also features fine performance by Ida Lupino and Robert Preston as McQueen’s parents.

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