Jack Nicholson did a great job as the straight gang leader and cattle rustler, and Marlon Brando was out of his mind (literally) thinking he could get away playing a strange and mostly deranged (regulator) bounty hunter. The all star cast which comprised Nicholson's gang of rustlers and bank robbers with a touch of comedy and brotherhood amongst thieves was enlightening.
The cinematography in Technicolor was made for watching this western on a large Hollywood type theater screen with a big box of popcorn and an extra large Dr. Pepper to wash the salted popcorn down. I think I would have enjoyed this quasi western a bit more but as I watched it at home on the Turner Classic Movie Channel on my sixty (60) inch HD screen it was just missing that "IT" factor that I enjoyed with other more enjoyable westerns such as Clint Eastwood in the 1966 western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and/or Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Jack Nicholson was the redeeming star of The Missouri Breaks and like so many of his feature films that he starred in, you are always left wondering what the wily Jack.wily do next. This is an OK time waster but nothing special.
I give the film a middle of the road 6 out of 10 IMDB rating.
The cinematography in Technicolor was made for watching this western on a large Hollywood type theater screen with a big box of popcorn and an extra large Dr. Pepper to wash the salted popcorn down. I think I would have enjoyed this quasi western a bit more but as I watched it at home on the Turner Classic Movie Channel on my sixty (60) inch HD screen it was just missing that "IT" factor that I enjoyed with other more enjoyable westerns such as Clint Eastwood in the 1966 western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and/or Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the 1969 western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Jack Nicholson was the redeeming star of The Missouri Breaks and like so many of his feature films that he starred in, you are always left wondering what the wily Jack.wily do next. This is an OK time waster but nothing special.
I give the film a middle of the road 6 out of 10 IMDB rating.