Bite the Bullet 1975

Vincent Canby, New York Times: In spite of all the care, the money and the hardships that apparently went into its production, the movie looks prefabricated, like something assembled from other people's earlier, better inspirations. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A finely crafted, epic Western about a cross-country horseback endurance race. Read more

Time Out: Any random thought ever committed to paper about the intrinsic 'messages' of the Western genre here turns up as a line of speechifying dialogue: the result is a folly stultified by its own seriousness. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: An excellent, literate action drama probing the diverse motivations of participants in an endurance horse race. Read more