William Holden
Pike Bishop
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An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic Sam Peckinpah film.
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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.
- $6 million
- June 18, 1969
- Phil Feldman
- Jerry Fielding
Sep 29, 2002 · Roger Ebert praises Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece as a film about old and worn men, violence, and the end of an era. He explains the code of the bunch, the meaninglessness of their actions, and the restored scenes that fill in the gaps.
In this gritty Western classic, aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and ...
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- Sam Peckinpah
- R
- William Holden
The Wild Bunch. Receiving two Academy Award nominations, this bitter, brutal story of magnificent losers in a dying West remains one of the screen's all-time classics. 3,485 2 h 24 min 1969. X-Ray R. Drama · Western · Gritty · Malicious. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $11.19. More purchase. options.
Roger Ebert praises Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" as an extraordinary film that presents death and violence in definitive terms. He argues that the film is not a statement against violence, but a reaction to it, and that the audience enjoys the violence for its style and realism.
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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.
