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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   4,228 votes
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Director:
Jerry Schatzberg
Writer:
Garry Michael White (writer)
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Release Date:
31 August 1973 (Finland) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The road leads itself to somewhere.
Plot:
Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins more
NewsDesk:
Little Scene : Scarecrow
 (From t5m.com. 30 July 2009, 6:07 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Two of the greats more (49 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Gene Hackman ... Max Millan

Al Pacino ... Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi

Dorothy Tristan ... Coley
Ann Wedgeworth ... Frenchy
Richard Lynch ... Jack Riley
Eileen Brennan ... Darlene
Penelope Allen ... Annie Gleason
Richard Hackman ... Mickey Grenwood
Al Cingolani ... Skipper

Rutanya Alda ... Woman in Camper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Noel ... Doctor (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jerry Schatzberg 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Garry Michael White  writer

Produced by
Robert M. Sherman .... producer
 
Original Music by
Fred Myrow 
 
Cinematography by
Vilmos Zsigmond 
 
Film Editing by
Evan A. Lottman  (as Evan Lottman)
 
Production Design by
Albert Brenner  (as Al Brenner)
 
Costume Design by
Jo Ynocencio 
 
Makeup Department
Frank Griffin .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Bonniwell .... second assistant director
Paul J. Crossey .... dga trainee
Tom Shaw .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Edward Beyer .... sound editor
Victor Goode .... sound
Arthur Piantadosi .... sound re-recording mixer
Robert M. Reitano .... sound editor
Barry Thomas .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Candy Flanagin .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
James O. Blair .... gaffer
Jim Buchanan .... best boy
Tom May .... key grip
Sven Walnum .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Kate Hirson .... assistant editor
Michael Jacobi .... assistant editor
Craig McKay .... associate editor
 
Music Department
Dan Wallin .... score mixer
 
Other crew
Anthony Goldschmidt .... title designer
Betty A. Griffin .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
112 min | Australia:108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Canon City, Colorado, USA more

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Trivia:
Gene Hackman has stated that his performance in Scarecrow (1973) is his personal favorite. more
Quotes:
Lion: [First lines] Hi,how you doin' more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Lumet: Film Maker (1975) more

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34 out of 37 people found the following comment useful.
Two of the greats, 26 January 2005
10/10
Author: djvcbd from United States

I saw Scarecrow when it originally came out in 1973. Like so many movies of that era (late 60's - early 70's) it didn't have the requisite "happy ending" that Hollywood force feeds us today. Instead, we're presented with the desolate lives of two drifters searching for redemption at their respective destinations of Pittsburg and Detroit. Hackman and Pacino are at their best here, providing the same type of brilliant acting and on-screen presence that Voight and Hoffman gave us in Midnight Cowboy (1969). In fact I've always thought these two movies would make for a great "compare and contrast" assignment in a Theatre Arts class.

Hackman has been quoted as saying that this was his favorite role. No argument here, it's my favorite too. Thanks Gene. You too Al.

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