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The Reivers

- 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).

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.

Release Date : 1969-12-20

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Cinema Center FilmsDuo FilmsSolar Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Boon Hogganbeck

Original Name : Steve McQueen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corrie

Original Name : Sharon Farrell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Reba

Original Name : Ruth White

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Binford

Original Name : Michael Constantine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butch Lovemaiden

Original Name : Clifton James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle Possum

Original Name : Juano Hernández

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maury McCaslin

Original Name : Lonny Chapman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boss

Original Name : Will Geer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ned McCaslin

Original Name : Rupert Crosse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucius

Original Name : Mitch Vogel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phoebe

Original Name : Diane Ladd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Ellen Geer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alison

Original Name : Allyn Ann McLerie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edmonds

Original Name : Charles Tyner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunt Callie

Original Name : Vinnette Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hannah

Original Name : Diane Shalet

Gender : Female

Character Name : May Ellen

Original Name : Pat Randall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Peabody

Original Name : Dub Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Otis

Original Name : Lindy Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cousin Zack

Original Name : Shug Fisher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle Ike

Original Name : Raymond Guth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walter Clapp

Original Name : Logan Ramsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Poleymus

Original Name : Jon Shank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minnie

Original Name : Gloria Calomee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Sara Taft

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aunt Callie (as Vinette Carroll)

Original Name : Vinnette Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doyle

Original Name : Lou Frizzell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Van Tosch

Original Name : John McLiam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ed (The Judge)

Original Name : Roy Barcroft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patron

Original Name : R.N. Bullard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man with Derby

Original Name : Ogden Talbot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Dobbs

Original Name : Michael Hinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billy Hebb

Original Name : Bert Conway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patron

Original Name : Billy Green Bush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heasley

Original Name : John J. Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pete Hyde

Original Name : Owen Bush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Hart

Original Name : James Rawley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Al Boyce

Original Name : Al Hopson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bobo

Original Name : Wes Fuller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Possum

Original Name : Ella Mae Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Possum

Original Name : Florence St. Peter

Gender : Male

Character Name : W.J. Garver

Original Name : Jim Goodwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucius / Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Burgess Meredith

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2022-11-07

**_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 picaresque tale that’s worth seeing just for the primitive automobile. Steve called the vehicle “the real star of the picture” and acquired it after filming for his personal collection. Yet the exploits of the colorful protagonists are entertaining in a fun way. However, the tone is initially jarring, combining the air of a Disney kid’s flick from that era with adult bits, like staying overnight at a brothel and everything that goes with it. I should add that there’s no nudity except for a full-bodied painting on the wall in the boy’s bedroom, which he amusingly gazes at with fascination. Being too adult-oriented for children and not meaty enough for adults, the movie unsurprisingly failed to connect with audiences at the box office, leading McQueen to later lament that it made him look like “the village idiot.” While it is true that he comes across as an “Aw shucks” simpleton, the character of Boon IS a man-child, an adult who still behaves like an irresponsible child. Meanwhile the kid is the real star since it’s his coming-of-age story. On the female front, Sharon Farrell is reminiscent of Ann-Margret and was one of the most beautiful women to walk the earth in her prime. Meanwhile redhead Diane Shalet is on hand as Hannah. If what I said interests you, check it out, but "Paper Moon" (1973) is a better choice for this kind o’ flick. It lacks the curious hammy approach of McQueen (and a couple others, to lesser degree). The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes, and was shot in Greenwood & Carrolton, Mississippi, with the horse racing sequences (obviously) done at Walt Disney's Golden Oak Ranch in Newhall, California, which is located in the high country just north of Hollywood and east of Santa Clarita. GRADE: B-/C+