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Ryan O'Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, Van Heflin, Lee Grant, James Daly ... see more see more... , Robert Webber , Noam Pitlik , Victor Paul , Kevin O'Neal , Charles Cooper , Phyllis Davis , Cindy Eilbacher , Paul Sorenson

Jack Ryan (Ryan O'Neal) is a cucumber picker who is fired after a fight with a Mexican-American (Victor Paul) co-worker. He finds work on a ranch owned by Ray Ritchie (James Daly). Soon his private se... read more read more...cretary Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young) is after Jack. She spends her free time in pursuit of hedonism and reckless pleasure by fornicating on tombstones and breaking hearts as well as windows. Sam Mirakian (Van Heflin) is the motel owner whose lonely resident (Lee Grant) makes a play for Jack. She ends up killing herself and Nancy ends up killing someone else for sheer pleasure. This forgettable and pointless movie -- one critic described it as "a rancid piece of trash" -- is O'Neal's big-screen debut. Some nudity required an "R" rating. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Alex March

Release Date: March 5, 1969

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DVD Release Date: March 2, 2004

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  • ajv2688
    December 12, 2010
    ajv2688
    A flat boring slow movie with a good cast. Unfortunately the cast doesn't do much to enliven the story, which is an interesting story. I don't know why but this is not a good movie, it seems like it should be, but it's not.
  • MovieGuruDude72
    January 16, 2008
    MovieGuruDude72
    The original version not the remake with Morgan Freeman, which was okay. This one was kind of flat anyway.

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Christopher Null
January 3, 2004
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

Alex March takes his sweet time getting us to even a small bounce, much less the titular big one. Full Review

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