Thomas McGuane – Scripts on Screen

Rancho Deluxe (1975) Script

Year:1975

Director:Frank Perry

Written by:Thomas McGuane (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Jack McKee and Cecil Colson are two bumbling drifters who make a living by rustling cattle from other peoples herds in the wilds of Montana. Jack is from a wealthy background but left his parents as he resented their posh lives, and Cecil is a Native American half-breed seeking his own path in life away from his father. Both hustle and rustle their way in the world by targeting cattle owned by wealthy ranch owner John Brown. Frustrated that someone is killing his cattle, John hires a pair of ranch hands Burt and Curt to find the rustlers. When Brown realizes he cannot trust his two inept ranch hands, he turns to the grizzled former rustler Henry Beige to find the cattle thieves, while Jack and Cecil are always one step ahead of them, not realizing that their luck will eventually run out sometime.

Rancho Deluxe Script Resources:

Rancho Deluxe Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Rancho Deluxe Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)
Rancho Deluxe Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

The Missouri Breaks Script

Year:1976

Director:Arthur Penn

Written by:Thomas McGuane (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.

The Missouri Breaks Script Resources:

The Missouri Breaks Script PDF - 6/24/75 REVISED *page at Script City ($)
The Missouri Breaks Script PDF - [6-24-75][miss pgs. 97] at Script Fly ($)
The Missouri Breaks Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Tom Horn Script

Year:1980

Director:William Wiard

Written by:Bud Shrake (Screenplay), Thomas McGuane (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.

Tom Horn Script Resources:

Tom Horn Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Tom Horn Script PDF - 1/15/79 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.