It is Newman’s third movie with director Rosenberg after Cool Hand Luke and WUSA and they went on to do a fourth together, The Drowning Pool. Why is that, exactly?įorgotten it may be, but it memorably teams Paul Newman and Lee Marvin as a broke but honest cowboy and a crooked old friend who join up together to buy rustled cattle for a crooked rancher (Strother Martin) in Mexico.ĭespite lethargic writing by future director Terrence Malick and some languid playing down the cast, it’s still extremely watchable and impressive thanks to Laszlo Kovacs’s stunningly stylish cinematography, Alex North’s score, the locations, and the sleek, iconic turns from Newman and Marvin, who look great.Īll in all, Pocket Money is quite the style icon.
It is so rare a gem that it’s more or less totally forgotten. Pocket Money **** (1972, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin) – Classic Movie Review 2951ĭirector Stuart Rosenberg’s quirky, relaxed and appealing 1972 modern Western is one heck of a cult item.
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