Bronco Billy

Amusing Eastwood dramedy about a Wild West Show with a good cast

A small, struggling Wild West Show consisting of several misfits travels through Montana & Idaho wherein they stumble upon a haughty heiress (Sondra Locke) whom the honest owner (Clint Eastwood) hires as his assistant in the show.

"Bronco Billy" (1980) is an Eastwood dramedy in the manner of Every Which Way But Loose (1978), but with maybe less goofiness in the side characters. While not as successful at the box office, its every bit as good in its likable, low-key amusing way. The movies about redemption and pursuing your dreams, persevering through challenges and acquiring spiritual (true) family.

The movie scores pretty well on the female front with Locke, T...

A fairly triumphant circus flick.

'Bronco Billy' is enjoyably paced and features good onscreen talent, as we see Clint Eastwood continuing his work with many familiar faces from his other films - including Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis and Bill McKinney; shame about the ill-fitting casting of Dan Vadis and Sierra Pecheur, mind.

Naturally it isn't the perfect film, given the aforementioned and the nosedive of Locke's character from being strong-minded to being a cliché dainty love interest, but it succeeds in making its story gain a bit of feeling. It also feels a tiny bit of a different role for Eastwood, given his character is quite caring - as opposed to the usual self-indulged roles, which he does very well of course.

It kinda gi...