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The Reivers (1969)

PG-13 12/25/1969 (US) Comedy, Drama 1h 46m

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Boon is a reiver (that's a cheat, a liar, a brawler and womaniser) and he had just four days to teach young Lucius the facts of life (like cheating, lying, brawling and womanizing).

Overview

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.

Mark Rydell

Director
William Faulkner

Novel
Harriet Frank Jr.

Screenplay
Irving Ravetch

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Steve McQueen

Boon Hogganbeck
Sharon Farrell

Corrie
Ruth White

Miss Reba
Michael Constantine

Mr. Binford
Clifton James

Butch Lovemaiden
Juano Hernández

Uncle Possum
Lonny Chapman

Maury McCaslin
Will Geer

Boss
Rupert Crosse

Ned McCaslin
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on November 7, 2022

McQueen hams it up in Faulkner’s early 1900’s Southern misadventure

In northern Mississippi, 1905, the first automobile is brought to town, a yellow Winton Flyer, bought by the patriarch of the McCaslin family (Will Geer). A likable rapscallion named Boon (Steve McQueen) talks the 11 year-old McCaslin grandson (Mitch Vogel) into going to Memphis in the “borrowed” vehicle for a few days while gramps is out of town for a funeral. Rupert Crosse joins the fun trip and Sharon Farrell plays a woman of ill repute in Memphis.

Based on William Faulkner’s last novel, "The Reivers” (1969) is a... read the rest.

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