Cockfighter

Aug 1, 1974

1h 23m

★ 6.1

From Governor's Mansions to Cheap Hotels: The Big Money Sport that's Dirty-Violent and Outside the Law!

Overview

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Artists Entertainment Complex

New World Pictures

Cockfighter Trailers

Cast

Frank Mansfield

Warren Oates

Omar Baradansky

Richard B. Shull

Jack Burke

Harry Dean Stanton

Tom Peeples

Ed Begley Jr.

Dody White Burke

Laurie Bird

Randall Mansfield

Troy Donahue

Sanders

Warren Finnerty

Buford

Robert Earl Jones

Mary Elizabeth

Patricia Pearcy

Frances Mansfield

Millie Perkins

Junior

Steve Railsback

Mister Peeples

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