midnight cowboy be not for everybody . it raw and painful and and realistic but very entertaining . the lead actor jon voight and dustin hoffman who would go on to become oscar win actor deliver amazing performance . voight a the texas hustler and joe buck and who migrate from small town texas to new york city to become a hustler . he do not apologize for his chosen profession but it be not that easy . the new york city woman like the rich lady play by georgeann johnson and cass play by oscar nominate sylvia mile be different than texas woman . sadly and buck be try to escape from his past life in texas . he be raise by his grandmother and sally buck and play by the wonderful actress ruth white who die in 1969 from cancer . the location in new york city be wonderful to watch a be the relationship between fatso play by hoffman and buck character evolve into a move male to male friendship . the men be struggle to survive the new york city life by not play by the rule like get a real job . a the film evolves and buck past come to the surface and it haunt but not clear . the film be not for child but compare to today film and television programming and midnight cowboy might be more tame . i can not forget a young brenda vaccaro and a party that you can not forget . it also a tearjerker of a film and so get your hanky out too .