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Watch: The Reivers 1969 123movies, Full Movie Online – An old man looks back 60 years to a road trip from rural Mississippi to Memphis, a horse race, and his own coming of age. Lucius’s grandfather gets the first automobile in the area, a bright yellow Winton Flyer. While he’s away, the plantation handyman, Boon Hogganbeck, conspires to borrow the car, taking Lucius with him. Stowed away is Ned, a mulatto and Lucius’s putative cousin. The three head for Memphis, where Boon’s sweetheart works in a whorehouse, where Ned trades the car for a racehorse, and where Lucius discovers the world of adults – from racism and vice to possibilities for honor and courage. Is there redemption for reivers, rascals, and rapscallions?.
Plot: In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
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Ratings:

	6.7/10 Votes: 3,078
	83% | RottenTomatoes
	66/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 34 Popularity: 4.602 | TMDB

Reviews:

Not Your Standard McQueen Car Flick
Steve McQueen tools around in a classy car, dodging bad guys, loving the ladies, and not giving a cuss. This may read like your typical 1960s effort from him, but that’s something “The Reivers” ain’t.

What is it? I guess it can be summed up as a broad coming-of-age comedy set in the American South in 1905, featuring a boy named Lucius (Mitch Vogel) who, against his better judgment, sets off with a couple of older-but-not-wiser friends in his grandfather’s stolen automobile to visit the wicked city of Memphis. In no time he is holed up in a local bordello, trying to help win back his grandfather’s car in a desperate horse race.

At the center of Lucius’s worries is the man who talked him into the whole adventure, Boon Hoggenbeck, who wants the car to impress one of the pretty Memphis prostitutes he has set his cap on. “He knows no obstacles, counts no costs, fears no dangers,” Grandpa (Will Geer) warns young Lucius of Boon.

Okay, that does sound like McQueen the way Gramps put it there. But McQueen’s Boon is more of an overgrown boy than stolid icon. A bucolic coming-of-age comedy based on a William Faulkner novel, “The Reivers” seems McQueen’s attempt at stretching out from action-hero mode. He’s quite a bit of fun with his sometimes outsized comic reactions, a bit old for the part but certainly a capable center in what amounts to his first ensemble piece since “The Great Escape.”

Director Mark Rydell made life-affirming American-heartland flicks that celebrate homey characters and downhome values, and “The Reivers” certainly fits his oeuvre. He is abetted wonderfully by the sunny lenswork of Richard Moore and a graceful, jaunty score by John Williams. In its elegiac, serio-comic tone, it is a lot like the film McQueen chose to make this over, “Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.”

More a situation than a story, “The Reivers” introduces us to a shifting cast of characters and lets each spend some time with the viewer. Some leave stronger marks than others.

Rupert Crosse leaves the deepest impression as Lucius’ distant black relative Ned, who drives Boon crazy asserting his rights as a member of the McCaslin family by virtue of a great-grandfather who impregnated a slave. Ned is a proud man who likes to push his point beyond the bounds of reason, stowing away on Grandfather’s car when Boon and Lucius make their Memphis trip.

“If I wait until I’m invited I’ll never will go anywhere,” Ned points out when Boon tries unsuccessfully to toss him. Ned is the agent provocateur in “The Reivers,” somewhat dangerous in his ways but valuable, too, played with a vulnerable, humor-filled grandeur by Crosse, who got an Oscar nomination for his work. You laugh more with him than at him, but it’s a bit of both.

Where “The Reivers” goes a little wrong is with some of the other characters. Sharon Farrell is the proverbial prostitute with a heart of gold who bonds with Lucius, while other smaller parts are filled by memorable character actors who get little to do. “We were a pleasant and courteous people, tending to our business,” Burgess Meredith explains in the voice-over narration, and often they seem a bit too much of just that. Even the bad guys, like a racist sheriff played by Clifton James, seem a bit toothless and too-easily- handled.

Still, I enjoyed this film, if more around the margins than in the main. It’s not unusual to see McQueen wielding a pistol, but it is to watch the target josh him about his lousy aim between shots. Aided especially by Crosse and Vogel, “The Reivers” isn’t maybe as wise or knowing as it tries to be, but does leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling that doesn’t stale with repeat viewings. A sleepy charmer, it shows even a king can make for a capable jester once in a while.

A movie with special charm
For a movie that starred one of the greatest box office stars of his time, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by one America’s greatest writers, “The Reivers” has continued to be something of an answer to a trivia question (“In what movie did Steve McQueen portray a semi-comic character involving a stolen automobile and a horse race?”) I’m not sure of the reasons myself, but this movie has remained at the top of my “Favorite Movies” list since I first saw it in 1969. Maybe it was the out-of-character role of McQueen. Maybe it was the excellence of his supporting cast that includes Mitch Vogel, Rupert Crosse and Will Geer. Maybe it was the direction by Mark Rydell. Or maybe it was the outstanding score by John Williams (which has remained my favorite movie score of all time). Most likely, it is a combination of all the above. All I can say is that this movie has never lost its appeal for me. Watching the movie is like visiting an old friend with whom the passage of time will only strengthen the bonds of affection. This movie may not be for everybody, but I recommend it on the chance that you may be smitten by its special charm.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (Germany), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Mark Rydell
Writer William Faulkner, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Actors Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Ruth White
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 3 Channel Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (5.0) (L-R)
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm