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City Slickers
In Pamplona, Spain, middle-aged friends Mitch Robbins, Ed Furrilo and Phil Berquist participate in the running of the bulls. As they fly back in the airplane, Mitch tells Ed he is getting fed up with their road trips. A year later, back home in New York City, Mitch realizes he and his friends use adventure trips as escapism from their boring lives, since he is disillusioned with his radio advertising sales job, Phil is trapped in a loveless marriage to his shrewish wife Arlene while managing a supermarket owned by his father-in-law who bullies him, and Ed is a successful and outgoing sporting goods salesman who recently married Kim, a significantly younger woman, but is unwilling to fully settle down.
At Mitch's 39th birthday party, Phil and Ed give Mitch a trip for all three to go on a two-week cattle drive from New Mexico to Colorado. Phil's 20-year-old employee Nancy unexpectedly arrives at the party and announces she tested positive in a pregnancy test, causing Arlene to walk out after a fight. Mitch's wife, Barbara, insists he go on the cattle drive to find his smile again.
In New Mexico, the trio meet ranch owner Clay Stone and their fellow cattle drivers: brothers and ice cream company founders Barry and Ira Shalowitz, young and attractive Bonnie Rayburn, father-son dentists Ben and Steve Jessup, ranch hands Jeff and T.R., and Cookie the cook. Mitch confronts Jeff and T.R. when they begin sexually harassing Bonnie. Trail boss Curly intervenes, though he also humiliates Mitch.
During the drive, Mitch accidentally causes a stampede which destroys the camp. While searching for stray cows, Mitch discovers Curly has a kind and wise nature beneath his gruff exterior. Curly encourages Mitch to discover the "one thing" in his life that is most important to him. Along the way, Mitch helps deliver a calf from a dying cow. Mitch names the calf Norman. Shortly after, Curly suffers a fatal heart attack, leaving the drive under Jeff and T.R.'s control. Cookie gets drunk and inadvertently sends the chuck wagon over a cliff, breaking his legs in the process.
After the Jessups leave to take Cookie to a nearby town (being more qualified because of their medical training in dentistry), Jeff and T.R. become intoxicated with Cookie's secret stash. A fight ensues when they threaten to kill Norman and assault Mitch. Phil and Ed intervene, and Phil holds Jeff at gunpoint, which unleashes his pent-up emotions. Soon after, Jeff and T.R. abandon the group. Bonnie and the Shalowitzes continue on to the Colorado ranch, while Ed and Phil remain behind to finish the drive. Mitch also leaves but soon returns to rejoin his friends.
After braving a heavy storm, the trio drives the herd to Colorado. When Norman nearly drowns as the herd crosses a river, Mitch acts to save him. Both are swept down current, but Phil and Ed rescue them. They safely reach the Colorado ranch. When Stone offers to reimburse everyone's fee, the Jessups prefer returning the herd to New Mexico. However, Clay reveals he is selling the herd to a meat-packing company. Mitch, Phil, and Ed initially believe they saved the cattle for nothing, but decide to use their experience to help re-evaluate their lives.
The men return to New York City. Mitch, a happier man, reunites with Barbara and their two children Holly and Danny; he has also brought Norman home as a pet(he'll later put him in a petting zoo). Phil, having learned earlier Nancy was not pregnant, begins a relationship with Bonnie. Ed intends to start a family with Kim. Mitch is ready to restart his life with a new stance.