Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet (1975)

  • 71% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 49% of users liked it
    (1,618 ratings)

An excellent cast, featuring Gene Hackman, Ben Johnson, and James Coburn, highlights this entertaining Western that came and went at the box office, barely noticed by audiences. That doesn't stop the exciting story from capturing the viewer's attention as a disparate group of riders… More

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PG,
Directed By
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Genres
Western, Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1975 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    An excellent, literate action drama probing the diverse motivations of participants in an endurance horse race.

  • , Time Out

    Any random thought ever committed to paper about the intrinsic 'messages' of the Western genre here turns up as a line of speechifying dialogue: the result is a folly stultified by its own seriousness.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    In spite of all the care, the money and the hardships that apparently went into its production, the movie looks prefabricated, like something assembled from other people's earlier, better inspirations.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    A finely crafted, epic Western about a cross-country horseback endurance race.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Unusual, big budget western concerning horse race to deathly finish.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stephen M


    A slow, unusual western with some interesting background detail. Watching the likes of Gene Hackman, James Coburn and Ben Johnson could never exactly be called a chore, but listening to the film's relentless moralising speeches did try my patience at times. I saw this on TV and… More

  • Keith M


    A good ensemble western. I like the idea of a bunch a people in a race across the west

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