Review of They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

I'd seen this movie once before but didn't get around to reviewing. Director Sydney Pollack turned in one of his better projects. There's quite alot of cynical dialog and scroungy scenes of desperate folks. From a bygone era, dance marathons seem mostly foreign now in the the next century. Still the movie has a melancholic pull of people stretching their limits to make a small payday - much like almost most any recent era. There's quite a bit of good acting and actors on display. I liked the leads, but thought Susannah York and Bonnie Bedelia were particulalry good supproting cast. Gig Young won an Oscar for a larger than life persona and television-like personality. 7/10.