The Hi-Lo Country
“A woman like Mona can drive men to extremes.”
1998 · 1 h 54 min
Directed by 
Stephen Frears
Stephen FrearsCast
Billy Crudup 
Woody Harrelson 
Patricia Arquette Cole Hauser Enrique Castillo Darren E. Burrows
Credits
Written by: Max Evans
Plot
In the post-World War II American West, two cowboy friends, Pete and Big Boy, fall in love with the same woman, Mona, a married neighbour, in a Western drama of a vanishing way of life.
Sinekatalog’s take
A melancholic Western of friendship and love.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.1 / 10 (4,888 votes)
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