- HD 1080
- Runtime: 120m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Sydney Pollack
- Stars: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons
- keywords: dancing, based on novel or book, dance competition, boardwalk, marathon, pregnant woman, endurance, depression era, prize money, dance contest, contests and competitions, ballroom, assisted suicide, santa monica, california, depressed woman, survival competition, bleak, emcee, period film, desperate woman, suicide by gun, crazy competition, gun death, physical competition, santa monica pier, dance marathon
- Production_studio: Palomar Pictures International
- Slogan: People are the ultimate spectacle.
- providers: TCM
- The They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is featured in the top rankings of 1969
- #12 in Top Drama Movies of 1969
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
