Midnight Cowboy at 50: How the Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight flim defied an X Rating to win the Best Picture Oscar

As the Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight film turns 50, Martin Chilton explores how the controversial box-office hit managed to win over the Academy

DUSTIN HOFFMAN and JON VOIGHT in MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969), directed by JOHN SCHLESINGER. Credit: UNITED ARTISTS / Album Stock Photo - Alamy

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