---
title: 'Junior Bonner (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Peckinpah'
released: '1972-06-20'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/junior-bonner-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068786/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Junior Bonner (1972)

1972 · 100 min · Drama, Western · United States


## Synopsis

Junior Bonner is a 1972 American contemporary Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker, and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona, to participate in an annual rodeo competition and reunite with his brother and estranged parents. Many critics consider it to be the warmest and most gentle of Peckinpah's films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah)
- **Screenplay:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah), [Jeb Rosebrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeb-rosebrook)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Fielding](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-fielding)
- **Producer:** [Joe Wizan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-wizan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-ballard)
- **Editor:** [Robert L. Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-wolfe)

## Cast

- [Ben Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-johnson)
- [Dub Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dub-taylor)
- [Barbara Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-leigh)
- [Charles Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-gray)
- [Mary Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-murphy)
- [Don "Red" Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-red-barry)
- [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah)
- [Joe Don Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-don-baker)
- [Bill McKinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-mckinney)
- [Ida Lupino](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-lupino)
- [Steve McQueen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mcqueen)

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