Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Directed by John Schlesinger
A naive Texas dishwasher rides the bus to New York to hustle rich women, falls in with a sickly con man in a condemned tenement, and finally takes him south on a bus to Florida.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Diner≈ 00:01:00Big Spring, TexasInferred
Joe quits his dishwashing job, dresses as a cowboy and buys a bus ticket east.
- 2Times Square and his hotel≈ 00:12:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
His first attempts at hustling go badly and Ratso swindles him in a bar.
- 3Ratso's condemned building≈ 00:50:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
Broke, Joe moves into Ratso's condemned flat, where the two scrape through winter as Ratso grows sicker.
- 4Bus to Miami≈ 01:42:00FloridaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,202 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 4
- Bus: 4,202 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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