Movie Description THE MISSOURI BREAKS is a big-event picture starring Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando as men on opposite sides of the law. Brando plays Lee Clayton, hired gunman and bounty hunter, sent to track down a gang of cattle thieves led by Tom Logan (Nicholson). The cattle thieves are stealing stock from rancher David Braxton. On top of that, Logan is having a love affair with Braxton's daughter. Braxton wants Clayton to bring the gang to justice, but Logan is not about to run from trouble.
| Credits | | Writer: | Thomas McGuane | | Producer: | Elliott Kastner | | Cast: | Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John P. Ryan, Marlon Brando, Sam Gilman |
Editorial Reviews "[T]he film is made memorable by a wildly eccentric turn from the late Marlon Brando..." Sight and Sound - Matthew Leyland (09/01/2004)
"[A] smouldering anti-western....The action is rationed into short, ferocious bursts and used as a counterpoint to the director's paced dissection of power and politics on the anarchic frontier." Uncut - Andrew Sumner (09/01/2004)
"Nicholson is quietly sly, and the lush, sharply edited film makes perfect use of his costar's free-range talent." -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly - Tim Purtell (11/11/2005)
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