# The Missouri Breaks (1976)

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**Runtime**: 126 min
**Genres**: Western, Drama
**Directed by**: Arthur Penn
**Written by**: Thomas McGuane
**Starring**: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton

> *One steals. One kills. One dies.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Anarchic Montana ranchers meet Tarantino’s hit squad. A cattle baron’s hired gun turns rustler executions into performance art. Lee Marvin’s psychopath steals every scene in Penn’s dust-choked death ballad.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw, unhinged

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