Richard Brooks wrote and directed Bite the Bullet, a middling adventure, a cross-country horse race to retrieve some treasure.
The only reason to see the film is the high caliber of its ensemble cast.
Gene Hackman plays an animal-loving solitary, Candice Bergen is a voluptuous prostitute, James Coburn is her outlaw boyfriend, Ben Johnson a sickly cowboy, Ian Bannen a British sportsman, and Jan-Michael Vincent as vocal youngster.
Oscar Nominations: 2
Sound: Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Richard Tyler, and Al Overton, Jr.
Original Score: Alex North
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context
In 1975, Spielberg’s blockbuster thriller Jaws won the Sound (Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, and John Carter) and Original Score (John Williams) Oscars.
Columbia (Pax Enterprises Productions)