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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Not For Children Movie Release: 1969 DVD Release: 03/02/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 5 Genres: Drama, Melodrama See Also: The Big Bounce

Jack Ryan (Ryan O'Neal) is a cucumber picker who is fired after a fight with a Mexican-American (Victor Paul) co-worker. He finds work on a ranch owned by Ray Ritchie (James Daly). Soon his private secretary Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young) is after Jack. She spends her free time in pursuit of hedonism and reckless pleasure by fornicating on tombstones and breaking hearts as well as windows. Sam Mirakian (Van Heflin) is the motel owner whose lonely resident (Lee Grant) makes a play for Jack. She ends up killing herself and Nancy ends up killing someone else for sheer pleasure. This forgettable and pointless movie -- one critic described it as "a rancid piece of trash" -- is O'Neal's big-screen debut. Some nudity required an "R" rating. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Ryan O'Neal - Jack Ryan
Leigh Taylor-Young - Nancy Barker
Van Heflin - sam Mirakian
Lee Grant - Motel Resident
James Daly - Ray Richie

This breezy thriller starring Ryan O'Neal gets a crisp presentation for its release on DVD. The Big Bounce has been given a letterboxed transfer at its original widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1, which has been enhanced for 16 x 9 playback on anamorphic monitors. Viewers have a choice of three Dolby Digital Mono audio tracks -- the original English-language soundtrack, and alternate dubbed versions in French and Spanish. The disc also includes closed captions in English. No additional bonus material has been included. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide