People are the ultimate spectacle.
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
Screenplay: James Poe, Robert E. Thompson
Director: Sydney Pollack
Producer: Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
Director of Photography: Philip H. Lathrop
Gloria Beatty
Robert Syverton
Alice LeBlanc
Rocky Gravo
Sailor
Ruby Bates
Rollo
James Bates
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Official Trailer #1 - Bruce Dern Movie (1969) HD