Cinematheque: Anti-Westerns

(1971, 35mm, 136 min.; directed by Blake Edwards) Looking to get out of the cattle wrangling business, aging cowpoke Ross Bodine (Holden) and his sidekick Frank Post (O’Neal) decide to rob a local bank. Making off with the payroll of their cowboy colleagues, Ross and Frank are tracked down by their former ranch boss (Malden). One of the neglected movies of the early 70s, this rare foray into the Western genre from director Edwards is a nearly perfect hybrid of his rollicking farces. New print!