Pocket Money (1972)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

Writers:

Terrence Malick (screenplay)
J.P.S. Brown (novel)
(more)

Release Date:

1 February 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Comedy

Tagline:

The two most memorable characters the West can never forget!

Plot:

Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Independent Film

Cast

Paul Newman	...	Jim Kane
Lee Marvin	...	Leonard
Strother Martin	...	Bill Garrett
Wayne Rogers	...	Stretch Russell
Hector Elizondo	...	Juan
Christine Belford	...	Adelita
Kelly Jean Peters	...	Ex-Wife
Gregory Sierra	...	Chavarin (as Gregg Sierra)
Fred Graham	...	Uncle Herb
Matt Clark	...	American Prisoner
Claudio Miranda	...	Ministerio Publico
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Davis Bayne	...	Bank customer (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	...	Man (uncredited)
Ken Freehill	...	Bank Customer (uncredited)
Terrence Malick	...	Worksman (uncredited)

Directed by
Stuart Rosenberg

Writing credits
Terrence Malick		(screenplay) (as Terry Malick)
J.P.S. Brown		(novel "Jim Kane")
John Gay		(adaptation)

Produced by
Frank Caffey	....	associate producer
John Foreman	....	producer

Original Music by
Alex North

Cinematography by
László Kovács		(director of photography) (as Laszlo Kovacs)

Film Editing by
Bob Wyman

Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster

Art Direction by
Tambi Larsen		(as Tambi Larson)

Set Decoration by
Darrell Silvera

Costume Design by
James Linn		(as Jim Linn)

Makeup Department
Richard Cobos	....	makeup artist
Jim Markham	....	hair consultant: men
Jane Shugrue	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Arthur S. Newman Jr.	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
M. James Arnett	....	second unit director (as James Arnett)
Mickey McCardle	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound (as Bud Grenzbach)
Larry Jost	....	sound (as Lawrence Jost)

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bud Stout	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Other crew
M. James Arnett	....	technical advisor (as James Arnett)
John Franco	....	script supervisor
Hank Moonjean	....	production representative
'Chema' Hernandez	....	livestock coordinator (uncredited)
Jack N. Young	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• First Artists

Distributors

• National General Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1976) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Carat (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Highlight Video
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Modern Film Effects  titles
• Edit-Rite  sound effects
• Cinemobile System  locations (as Cinemobile)
• Phoenix Film Office  special thanks

Also Known As:

Jim Kane (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-8 | Norway:12 (1972) | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Chihuahua, Mexico

Company:

First Artists

Trivia:

Based on a novel called "Jim Kane", that was the working title of the film. The title was changed to take the emphasis off of one character and to stress the partnership of Paul Newman and Lee Marvin.

Quotes:

[In anger, a television was just thrown out a hotel window]
Bill Garrett: That's hotel property, and I'm just sittin' here waiting for the house dicks to come.
Leonard: [pretentiously, with sort of a faux-cool] But you're the one that's gotta have to pay.
Bill Garrett: Who the hell is he?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Killing Floor (2007)

Soundtrack:

Pocket Money

a glimpse into life

this movie is about life. it's a brief glimpse into the lives of newman's and marvin's characters, with a surrounding cast of rich, entertaining characters thrown in for fun. if you're looking for a particular type of movie with a particular type of ending then this movie is not for you. if you're aware of the twists and turns of fate in your life and have come to be aware that there's not a clear explanation for everything that happens, and that you live a moment and then it's gone forever, then you'll appreciate this look into the lives of these two characters. a brief glimpse into a reality in which not every experience falls into a strict logical sequence and some things just happen. you don't live your life as a sequence of discrete beginnings and endings and this movie has done a great job depicting that.