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The Reivers (also known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the U.K.){{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b420d86|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811203755/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b420d86|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2020|title=The Reivers (1969)|website=2.bfi.org.uk|access-date=23 January 2022}} is a 1969 Technicolor film in Panavision starring Steve McQueen and directed by Mark Rydell, based on the 1962 William Faulkner novel The Reivers, a Reminiscence.{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/steve-mcqueen-actor-films/|title=Steve McQueen: The Actor and His Films|website=Empireonline.com|date=16 November 2011 |access-date=23 January 2022}} The supporting cast includes Sharon Farrell, Rupert Crosse, Mitch Vogel and Burgess Meredith as the narrator.

Plot

Set in 1905, the film follows the exploits of the likable but raffish Boon Hoggenbeck, who takes an interest in a new car, a new 1905 Winton Flyer owned by Boss, patriarch of the McCaslin family, who live in the Mississippi area where Boon lives. When the taking of the car, first by Boon, then by Ned — who are reivers, or thieves — leads to a public brawl, the local magistrate lets them off on a bond that Boss pays on the condition that both men stay out of trouble and far away from the car while he is away with family to attend a funeral. Boon violates the condition when he takes the car again to go to Memphis to see his love interest Corrie, and talks his young friend Lucius into going for the ride. Ned stows away as well, but Boon grudgingly allows him to come. Other characters include a racehorse that loves sardines, a friendly bordello madam and her amiable employees, and a man with a horse who lives near an impassable sinkhole full of mud for which he charges expensive rates to get both carts and cars through.

Cast

Steve McQueen as Boon Hogganbeck
Sharon Farrell as Corrie
Mitch Vogel as Lucius McCaslin
Rupert Crosse as Ned McCaslin
Ruth White as Miss Reba
Michael Constantine as Mr. Binford
Clifton James as Butch Lovemaiden
Juano Hernandez as Uncle Possum
Lonny Chapman as Maury McCaslin (Lucius' father)
Will Geer as Boss McCaslin (Lucius' grandfather)
Allyn Ann McLerie as Alison McCaslin (Lucius' mother)
Lindy Davis as Otis
Diane Shalet as Hannah
Pat Randall as May Ellen
Diane Ladd as Phoebe
Ellen Geer as Sally
Dub Taylor as Dr. Peabody
Burgess Meredith as the narrator (voice)

Box office

In its first 2 weeks it grossed $4,166,123 from 281 engagements.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=A Reiver is a Rascal. A Reiver is a Rogue. A Reiver is a Box Office Smash Hit (advertisement)|date=January 14, 1970|pages=14–15|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-01-14_258_9/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater|access-date=April 7, 2024|via=Internet Archive}}

Awards

1970 Oscar Nominations:

Actor in a Supporting Role – Rupert Crosse, making him the first African American to receive a nomination in this category{{cite book|last=Mapp|first=Edward |title=African Americans and the Oscar: Decades Of Struggle and Achievement|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2008|edition=2|pages=21|isbn=978-0-8108-6106-0}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/the-reivers-28272/movie-overview|title=The Reivers|website=Fandango.com|access-date=23 January 2022}}
Music (Original Score – for a motion picture [not a musical]) – John Williams