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: McQueen delivers one of his most vulnerable and understated performances. To add authenticity, McQueen wore real-life champion Ben Johnson's 1953 rodeo buckle during filming.

: Often cited as a scene-stealing performance, Preston portrays the wayward father who is struggling to accept the passage of time. Junior Bonner

: The film explores the friction between the old frontier spirit and modern commercialism. This is best shown through Junior’s brother, Curly (Joe Don Baker), who is getting rich selling mobile homes while Junior and their father, Ace (Robert Preston), cling to a dying way of life. : McQueen delivers one of his most vulnerable

: Junior’s pragmatic and greedy brother who represents the "new" West. Context & Production What it was like to be an extra in Junior Bonner Curly (Joe Don Baker)