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{{Infobox film

| name = J. W. Coop

| image = J. W. Coop FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Cliff Robertson

| producer = Bruce Graham
Cliff Robertson

| writer = Gary Cartwright
Cliff Robertson
Bud Shrake

| starring = Cliff Robertson
Geraldine Page
Christina Ferrare

| music = Don Randi

| cinematography = Frank Stanley

| editing = Alex Beaton

| studio = Robertson and Associates

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 112 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $736,000

}}

'J. W. Coop' is a 1972 American Western film set in the world of the modern American rodeo circuit. It stars and was directed by Cliff Robertson who also co-produced and co-scripted the film. Featuring footage from actual rodeo events, it was made with the cooperation of the Rodeo Cowboys Association (which became the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 1975).

Plot



Robertson's title character is a professional cowboy who wants to work the rodeo circuit and is given the chance by a rodeo impresario: this stroke of luck after he is released from jail for the passing of bad checks. He then hits the road with a few friends and a girl who likes Coop. Upon breaking into the circuit, Coop must prove he is good, but doing so is not easy.

Cast



* Cliff Robertson as J.W. Coop

* Geraldine Page as Mama

* Cristina Ferrare as Bean

* R. G. Armstrong as Jim Sawyer

* R. L. Armstrong as Tooter Watson

* John Crawford as Rancher

* Wade Crosby as Billy Sol Gibbs

* Marjorie Durant Dye as Big Marge

* Paul Harper as Warden Morgan

* Son Hooker as Motorcycle Cop

* Richard Kennedy as Sheriff

* Bruce Kirby as Diesel Tanker Driver

* Larry Mahan as Himself

* Lowell D. Smith as Flankman (Golden State Rodeo Co.)

Critical reception



Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic described 'J. W. Coop' as "poor." Writing in the New York Times, Vincent Canby found the film to be "very fine, almost elegiac."

References




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