They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Sydney Pollack.

Cast

• Jane Fonda as Gloria Beatty
• Michael Sarrazin as Robert Syverton
• Susannah York as Alice LeBlanc
• Gig Young as Rocky Gravo
• Red Buttons as Sailor
• Bonnie Bedelia as Ruby Bates
• Michael Conrad as Rollo
• Bruce Dern as James Bates
• Al Lewis as Turkey
• Robert Fields as Joel
• Severn Darden as Cecil
• Allyn Ann McLerie as Shirl
• Madge Kennedy as Mrs. Laydon
• Jacquelyn Hyde as Jackie
• Felice Orlandi as Mario
• Art Metrano as Max
• Gail Billings as Lillian
• Lynn Willis as Coley James
• Maxine Greene as Agnes
• Mary Gregory as Nurse
• Robert Dunlap as College Boy
• Paul Mantee as Jiggs
• Tim Herbert as Doctor
• Tom McFadden as Second Trainer
• Noble 'Kid' Chissell as First Trainer
• Ian Abercrombie as Male Dancer #74 (Uncredited)
• Teddy Buckner as Band Member (Uncredited)
• Fritzi Burr as Nurse (Uncredited)
• Minta Durfee as Marathon Spectator (Uncredited)
• Rudy Germane as Marathon Spectator (uncredited)

Crew

• Sydney Pollack — Director
• Horace McCoy — Novel
• James Poe — Screenplay
• Robert E. Thompson — Screenplay
• Robert Chartoff — Producer
• Irwin Winkler — Producer
• Philip H. Lathrop — Director of Photography
• Johnny Green — Original Music Composer

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