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Bronco Billy (1980)

★ 6.3 · 296 ratings on TMDB

The most outrageous of 'em all.

Bronco Billy poster★ 6.3

An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.

DirectorClint Eastwood
CastBill McKinney, Clint Eastwood, Dan Vadis, Geoffrey Lewis, Sam Bottoms, Scatman Crothers
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Bronco Billy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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