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It's a grand and spectacular "horseless carriage" - a shiny yellow 1905 Winton Flyer automobile. Its owner is Mississippi plantation owner "Boss" (Will Geer, Jeremiah Johnson), who has left it sitting unattended. But hired hand Boon (Steve McQueen, Junior Bonner) decides it would be the ideal vehicle to take him and his buddy on a glorious whirlwind jaunt to distant Memphis. And along for the ride is Boss's earnest 12-year-old grandson, who finds himself reluctantly drafted to be the third "reiver" (an old Scottish word for 'thief') aboard his grandfather's car.
Original Release
12/20/1969
US Release
12/25/1969
Cast
Name | Character |
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Steve McQueen | Boon Hogganbeck / Boon |
Sharon Farrell | Corrie |
Ruth White | Miss Reba |
Michael Constantine | Mr. Binford |
Clifton James | Butch Lovemaiden |
Juano Hernandez | Uncle Possum |
Lonny Chapman | Maury McCaslin / Maury |
Will Geer | Boss |
Rupert Crosse | Ned McCaslin / Ned |
Mitch Vogel | Lucius |
Directors
Writers
William Faulkner, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Cast
Name | Character |
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Steve McQueen | Boon Hogganbeck / Boon |
Sharon Farrell | Corrie |
Ruth White | Miss Reba |
Michael Constantine | Mr. Binford |
Clifton James | Butch Lovemaiden |
Juano Hernandez | Uncle Possum |
Lonny Chapman | Maury McCaslin / Maury |
Will Geer | Boss |
Rupert Crosse | Ned McCaslin / Ned |
Mitch Vogel | Lucius |
Diane Shalet | Hannah |
Pat Randall | May Ellen |
Diane Ladd | Phoebe |
Ellen Geer | Sally |
Dub Taylor | Dr. Peabody |
Allyn Ann McLerie | Alison |
Charles Tyner | Edmonds |
Lindy Davis | Otis |
Shug Fisher | Cousin Zack |
Raymond Guth | Uncle Ike |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert E. Relyea | Executive Producer |
Irving Ravetch | Producer |
Rick Rosenberg | Producer |
Steve McQueen | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1970 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1970 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical) | Nominated |
1970 | Golden Globe | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1970 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |