Ratso Rizzo

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fictional character film character

Ratso Rizzo is a sickly, streetwise con man in New York City, best known as one of the two tragic protagonists in the film "Midnight Cowboy."

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Label Occurrences
Ratso Rizzo canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
adaptedForFilmBy John Schlesinger ⓘ
appearsIn Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
associatedWithTheme friendship ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
survival ⓘ
urban alienation ⓘ
characterArc declining health ⓘ
search for a better life ⓘ
characterTrait streetwise ⓘ
cityOfResidence New York City ⓘ
coProtagonistWith Joe Buck ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy James Leo Herlihy ⓘ
culturalImpact iconic representation of 1960s New York street life ⓘ
familyName Rizzo ⓘ
filmGenreContext buddy film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
firstAppearance Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
fullName Enrico Salvatore Rizzo ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Enrico ⓘ
goal escape New York City ⓘ
move to Florida ⓘ
healthIssue chronic illness ⓘ
healthStatus sickly ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
livingConditions poverty ⓘ
squalor ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
tragic protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Ratso ⓘ
notableQuoteContext “I’m walkin’ here!” scene ⓘ
occupation con man ⓘ
portrayalRecognition Academy Award-nominated performance by Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
portrayedBy Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
relationshipWith friend of Joe Buck ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
settingOfActivities Manhattan ⓘ
Times Square ⓘ
workBasedOn Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
surface form: Midnight Cowboy (novel)
yearOfFirstAppearance 1969 ⓘ

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Midnight Cowboy → mainCharacter → Ratso Rizzo ⓘ
Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher → notableRelationship → Ratso Rizzo ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe Buck