William Holden
Pike Bishop
Search results
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913.
The Wild Bunch: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien. An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
- (91K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1969-06-19
Sep 29, 2002 · It is that the mantle of violence is passing from the old professionals like Pike and his bunch, who operate according to a code, into the hands of a new generation that learns to kill more impersonally, as a game, or with machines. The movie takes place in 1913, on the eve of World War I.
Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by ...
- (66)
- Sam Peckinpah
- R
- William Holden
Jul 8, 2014 · The master of the American western, Sam Peckinpah, directs a stellar cast in The Wild Bunch, a controversial film that breathed new life into the genre and broke ground in the realistic...
- 3 min
- 165K
- Warner Bros.
In the waning days of the wild Old West and on the eve of World War I--after a botched attempt to rob a railroad office in broad daylight--the ageing outlaw, Pike Bishop, and his renegade gang of five equally dangerous criminals head to Mexico.
People also ask
How much did the Wild Bunch cost?
Is 'the Wild Bunch' a good movie?
What is 'the Wild Bunch'?
Where can I watch the Wild Bunch?
You're John Wayne. These thoughts, so far, have been inspired by a visit to the Chicago Theater to see Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" once again. It has become this year's controversial film about violence, the successor to " The Dirty Dozen ," "Bonnie and Clyde" and the Italian Westerns.
