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| Director: | Monte Hellman | 
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| Writer: | Charles Willeford | 
| Staring: | 
| A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1974 | 
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| Director: | Monte Hellman | 
| Writer: | Charles Willeford | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | gambling, chicken, gambling debt, cock fighting | 
| Production Companies | Artists Entertainment Complex, New World Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $400,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Warren Oates | Frank Mansfield | 
| Richard B. Shull | Omar Baradansky | 
| Harry Dean Stanton | Jack Burke | 
| Ed Begley Jr. | Tom Peeples | 
| Laurie Bird | Dody White Burke | 
| Troy Donahue | Randall Mansfield | 
| Warren Finnerty | Sanders | 
| Robert Earl Jones | Buford | 
| Patricia Pearcy | Mary Elizabeth | 
| Millie Perkins | Frances Mansfield | 
| Steve Railsback | Junior | 
| Tom Spratley | Mister Peeples | 
| Charles Willeford | Ed Middleton | 
| Pete Munro | Packard | 
| Kermit Echols | Fred Reed | 
| Ed Smith | Whipple | 
| Jimmy Williams | Buddy Waggoner | 
| John Trotter | Hansen | 
| Lois Zeitlin | Lucille | 
| Joe Bentley | Peach Owen | 
| A.B. Greeson | Pete Chocolate | 
| Bob Hannah | Deputy sheriff | 
| Sara Rickman | Martha Middleton | 
| Meg Brush | Mary Elizabeth's mother | 
| Donnie Fritts | Gangleader - old man mask | 
| Bobby Dunn | Gambler | 
| Kim Bernard | Gambler | 
| Ank Carleton | Captain Mack | 
| Billy Abbott | Referee | 
| Dickey Betts | Cigarette mask (uncredited) | 
| Steven Gaydos | Nixon mask (uncredited) | 
| Oliver Coleman | Senator Foxhall | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Lewis Teague | Editor | 
| Néstor Almendros | Director of Photography | 
| Monte Hellman | Director, Editor | 
| Laurie Bird | Still Photographer | 
| Charles Willeford | Novel, Screenplay | 
| Don Phillips | Casting | 
| Ed Turney | Props | 
| Kendrick Sweet | Sound Effects | 
| Pat Mann | Art Direction | 
| Lee Alexander | Sound Mixer | 
| Charles L. Hughes | Art Direction | 
| Michael Franks | Original Music Composer | 
| Michael Chinich | Casting | 
| Peter Cornberg | Production Manager | 
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Boom Operator | 
| Don Walters | First Assistant Director | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Roger Corman | Producer | 
| Samuel W. Gelfman | Co-Producer | 
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