![]() ![]() There are numerous scenes of steam locomotives at work, shot along the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad narrow gauge railway between Chama, New Mexico, and Antonito, Colorado. The movie was filmed on location in New Mexico and Nevada and begins in a church in the small town of La Puente, New Mexico. In the end, with all but three of the contestants knocked out of the race, Clayton and Matthews cross the finish line together as co-champions, beating the championship thoroughbred by a matter of minutes to win the prize money, plus any side bets they had placed. Miss Jones, now free of her former boyfriend's malevolent influence, rides away into the countryside. ![]() The convicts are pursued and the riders get their mounts back, and the race is able to continue. When Miss Jones helps free her beau from a railway chain gang, they steal the contestants' horses and attempt to escape. As the race progresses, the conditions test not only the endurance of horses and riders but also their philosophies of life and the meaning of victory and defeat. The film touches on the themes of sportsmanship, animal cruelty, the yellow press, racism, the end of the Old West and the bonds of marriage and friendship. ![]() All must race against a thoroughbred of championship pedigree owned by Parker, a wealthy man who has no intention of seeing his entry lose. The fifteen colorful contestants include: two former Rough Riders named Clayton and Matthews who can't let friendship come between them if they intend to win Miss Jones.a lady of little virtue Carbo, a punk kid Mister, an old cowhand in poor health Sir Harry Norfolk, an English gentleman who's competing just for the sheer sport of it all and a Mexican with a toothache who literally needs to bite the bullet. Bite the Bullet is a 1975 American Western film written, produced, and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, and James Coburn, with Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent, Ben Johnson, and Dabney Coleman in supporting roles.īased on actual events of the early twentieth century, the story concerns a grueling 700-mile (1,100 km) cross-country horse race in 1906, with a winner-take-all prize of $2,000 ($65,100 today), and the way it affects the lives of its various participants. ![]()
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