The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Starring:
- William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sam Peckinpah, Paul Seydor, (more)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Wild Bunch
"If they move, kill 'em!" Beginning and ending with two of the bloodiest battles in screen history, Sam Peckinpah's classic revisionist Western ruthlessly takes apart the myths of the West. Released in the late '60s discord over Vietnam, in the wake of the controversial Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and the brutal "spaghetti westerns" of Sergio Leone, The Wild Bunch polarized critics and audiences over its ferocious bloodshed. One side hailed it as a classic appropriately pitched to the violence and nihilism of the times, while the other reviled it as depraved. After a failed payroll robbery, the outlaw Bunch, led by aging Pike Bishop (William Holden) and including Dutch (Ernest Borgnine), Angel (Jaime Sanchez), and Lyle and Tector Gorch (Warren Oates and Ben Johnson), heads for Mexico pursued by the gang of Pike's friend-turned-nemesis Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan). Ultimately caught between the corruption of railroad fat cat Harrigan (Albert Dekker) and federale general Mapache (Emilio Fernandez), and without a frontier for escape, the Bunch opts for a final Pyrrhic victory, striding purposefully to confront Mapache and avenge their friend Angel. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 145 mins
Complete Cast of The Wild Bunch
- William Holden - Pike
- Robert Ryan - Thornton
- Warren Oates - Lyle Gorch
- Ben Johnson - Tector Gorch
- Strother Martin - Coffer
- Albert Dekker - Harrigan
- Dub Taylor - Wainscoat
- Jorge Russek - Lt. Zamorra
- Rayford Barnes - Buck
- Elsa Cardenas - Elsa
- Paul Harper - Ross
- Aurora Clavel - Aurora
- Pedro Galvan - Benson
- Sonia Amelio - Teresa
- Ernest Borgnine - Dutch
- Edmond O'Brien - Sykes
- Jaime Sanchez - Angel
- Emilio Fernández - Mapache
- L.Q. Jones - T.C.
- Bo Hopkins - Crazy Lee
- Enrique Lucero - Ignacio
- Rene Dupeyron - Juan
- Fernando Wagner - Mohr
- Alfonso Arau - Herrera
- Chano Urueta - Don José
- Margarito Luna - Luna
- Bill Hart - Jess
- Director(s):
- Paul Seydor, Sam Peckinpah
- Writer(s):
- Paul Seydor, Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah
- Producer(s):
- Paul Seydor, Nick Redman, Phil Feldman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Graphic Violence, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Westerns
- 1998 - American Film Institute - 100 Greatest American Movies
- 1999 - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
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