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Cockfighter
US film poster
Directed byMonte Hellman
Screenplay byCharles Willeford
Based onCockfighter
by Charles Willeford
Produced byRoger Corman
Starring
  • Warren Oates
  • Richard B. Shull
  • Harry Dean Stanton
  • Patricia Pearcy
  • Millie Perkins
CinematographyNéstor Almendros
Edited byLewis Teague
Music byMichael Franks
Production
company
Artists Entertainment Complex
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • July 30, 1974 (1974-07-30) (Roswell, Georgia)
[1]
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,000[1]

Cockfighter (also known as Born to Kill, Gamblin' Man and Wild Drifter) is a 1974 drama film by director Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and featuring Laurie Bird and Ed Begley, Jr. The screenplay is based on the 1962 novel of the same title by Charles Willeford.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Detail view of Movies page: Cockfighter". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

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