Cowboy is a 1958 western film starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. This film is an adaptation of the Frank Harris semi-autobiographical novel My Reminiscences as a Cowboy. Lemmon's character is supposedly based on Harris.
It was never released to the public. It only had a limited release in New York City in February 1958. It is rarely shown on television, but is available on DVD.
Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) is a Chicago hotel clerk who dreams of b...
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Cowboy is a 1958 western film starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. This film is an adaptation of the Frank Harris semi-autobiographical novel My Reminiscences as a Cowboy. Lemmon's character is supposedly based on Harris.
It was never released to the public. It only had a limited release in New York City in February 1958. It is rarely shown on television, but is available on DVD.
Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) is a Chicago hotel clerk who dreams of being a cowboy and has fallen in love with Maria (Anna Kashfi), the daughter of hotel guest and Mexican cattle baron Señor Vidal (Donald Randolph). When Señor Vidal finds out, he orders Harris to stay away.
Tom Reece (Glenn Ford) finishes his cattle drive and takes over an entire wing of the hotel, as usual. He makes a deal for Vidal's herd in Mexico. However, when Reece loses his profits in a poker game, Harris sees his opportunity to better himself (and see Maria again) - he offers his entire life savings for a partnership in Reece's next...
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