hearts of the west

Director: howard zieff

Actor: jeff bridges,andy griffith,donald pleasence,blythe danner

Data Published: Wed Oct 08 1975

Genres: Western,Comedy

Key Words: mule,cowboy,b western,hollywood california,1930s

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073096/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts_of_the_West_(1975_film)

Description: Hearts of the West is a movie starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, and Donald Pleasence. During the 1930s, Lewis Tate aspires to be the next great American Western writer. But when he travels to California, he's recruited by Bert...

Plot: In 1933, Lewis Tater (Jeff Bridges), an aspiring novelist who harbors dreams of becoming the next Zane Grey, decides to leave his family home in Iowa to go to the University of Titan in Nevada so he can soak up the western atmosphere. He arrives to find that there is no university, only a mail order correspondence course scam run by two crooks out of the local hotel. He tries to spend the night at the hotel, and is attacked by one of the men in an attempted robbery. He escapes his attacker and steals their car, pulling over when it runs out of gas. He wanders through the desert and happens upon a threadbare film-unit grinding out "B" westerns called Tumbleweed Productions. He catches a lift with the cowboy actors to Los Angeles. After applying at Tumbleweed, he is referred by crusty old extra Howard Pike (Andy Griffith) to the Rio, a western-themed restaurant. While washing dishes at the Rio, he is called by Tumbleweed, where Howard mentors him to be an actor. After proving himself as a stuntman, unit manager Kessler (Alan Arkin) offers him a speaking role. Tater then falls in love with spunky script girl Miss Trout (Blythe Danner). Meanwhile, the crooks trace him to Los Angeles to retrieve the safe-box containing their money that was in the car stolen by Lewis.