Length: 83 min'
Director: Monte Hellman
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Writer: Charles Willeford, based on his novel Cockfighter
Producer: Roger Corman
Music: Michael Franks
Cinematography: Néstor Almendros
Editing: Lewis Teague
Production Company: New World Pictures
Cast: Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Ed Begley Jr., Laurie Bird, Troy Donahue, Millie Perkins, Patricia Pearcy, Steve Railsback
Frank Mansfield, a cockfighter who swore silence after a humiliating bet, aims to reclaim the ‘Cockfighter of the Year’ title in the gritty U.S. South’s rooster-fighting world. After losing everything, he trains new birds with obsession and faces rival Jack Burke, while trying to reconcile with his disapproving girlfriend Mary Elizabeth.