Mighnight Cowboy

A young Texan named Joe Buck (Jon Voight) works as a dishwasher in a diner. As the film opens, Joe dresses himself like a rodeo cowboy, packs a suitcase, and quits his job. He heads to New YorkCity in the hope of leading the life of a male prostitute.Joe's naïveté becomes evident as quickly as his cash disappears upon his arrival in New York. He is unsuccessful in his attempts to be hired bywealthy women. When he is finally successful in bedding a well-to-do middle-aged New Yorker (Sylvia Miles), the woman breaks down when he attempts to collect the money and Joe ends up giving her $20instead. Joe then meets the polio-crippled Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a third-rate con man who easily tricks Joe out of $20 by offering to introduce him to a well-known pimp, who instead turnsout to be a Bible thumper (John McGiver). Joe flees the scene in pursuit of Rizzo, who has fled the area.Joe then spends his days wandering the city and relaxing in his hotel room. Once broke, he islocked out of his hotel room for failure to pay the bill, and most of his belongings are confiscated. He finally attempts to make money by agreeing to receive oral sex from a young man (Bob Balaban) ina movie theater, but this plan goes awry when the teen admits to having no money. An angry Joe threatens the teen and thinks about taking the guy's watch but then decides against this. The next day,Joe spots an unsuspecting Rizzo at a lunch counter. He angrily shakes down Rizzo for every penny he has — 64 cents — but Rizzo surprisingly offers to help Joe by sharing his place, an apartment in acondemned building. Joe reluctantly accepts and they begin a "business relationship", helping each other pickpocket, steal and further attempt to get Joe hired as a gigolo. They are both completelyalone without each other, and a genuine bond develops between the two men. Rizzo had a cough when the two met in the summer and, as the story progresses into winter, his health steadily worsens.The...