Hearts of the West
Jeff Bridges is Lewis Tater, the Iowa farmboy who blazed a trail across the barren wastes of Hollywood and Vine in MGM's comedy surprise "Hearts of the West."
1975-10-08 | 102 minutes
Plot Summary
Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated Nevada train depot. On the run from the con men responsible, Lewis stumbles across "real" cowboys--cowboy actors shooting a movie in the desert. The would-be writer soon finds himself instead acting in Westerns, for the rundown Tumbleweed Productions studio, in Depression-era Hollywood.
Cast
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Jeff BridgesLewis Tater
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Alan ArkinBert Kessler
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Blythe DannerMiss Trout
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Andy GriffithHoward Pike
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Alex RoccoEarl
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Richard B. ShullStout Crook
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Anthony JamesLean Crook
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Donald PleasenceA.J. Nietz
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Frank CadyPa Tater
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Herb EdelmanPolo
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Burton GilliamLester
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Matt ClarkJackson
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Dub TaylorNevada Ticket Agent
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Marie WindsorWoman in Nevada
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Thayer DavidBank Manager
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Raymond GuthWally
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William ChristopherBank Teller
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Richard StahlBarber
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Frank BonnerAssistant Director at Musical Scene (uncredited)
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Woodrow ParfreyMr. Gates - Producer (uncredited)
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