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  1. 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.

    • ‘Laying Low’ in Fort Worth
    • An Ill-Considered Pose
    • The Portrait Goes Public
    • Mug Shot to Manhunt
    • Credit Where Credit Is Due
    • An Iconic, If Infamous, Image

    It all started with the robbery of the First National Bank in Winnemucca, Nev., at noon on September 19, 1900, by a trio of men, members of a gang loosely styled the “Wild Bunch.” The nucleus of the gang consisted of Harvey Logan (aka “Kid Curry”), George “Flat Nose” Currie, Ellsworth “Elzy” Lay, Robert LeRoy Parker (aka “Butch Cassidy”) and Harry ...

    For reasons unknown, on November 21, a Wednesday, the boys decided to dress up and have their portrait taken in one of the city’s professional studios. (There is no doubt about this date, as it is printed on the individual mug shots subsequently reproduced for the Pinkerton circulars.) They seem not to have been celebrating any particular occasion,...

    Most of the story to this point is conventional. Now, however, the tale enters previously unexplored territory. Wild Bunch aficionados have always claimed that John Swartz placed the photo in his front window, where either a passing Pinkerton operative or Wells Fargo detective recognized the outlaws and arranged to distribute their mug shots across...

    How significant was the Fort Worth Five photograph? In August 1902 (Mich.) Times The Bay City did a little early-day “Photoshopping” to pull just Longabaugh and Cassidy out of the original, labeling them “the two most desperate bandits in the country.” Four years later The Lexington (Ky.) Herald reprinted the original portrait but added the known f...

    It’s not hard to figure out why the true story behind the famous photo was lost to time. Detective Scott died on April 7, 1902, seven months before local papers broke the story of the outlaws’ historic visit, and by year’s end the gang itself was finished. Authorities in Sonora, Texas, cornered and killed Will Carver on April 2, 1901. Ben Kilpatric...

    The parade passed by Charles Scott and John Swartz. The only folks ever to cash in on the Fort Worth Five have been the dealers and collectors who buy and sell the copies of the photograph that occasionally come on the market. No one knows how many first-generation images exist, but everyone agrees it’s a seller’s market. The latest sale of an “ori...

  2. 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.

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  4. May 9, 2015 · Production photos and stills from Sam Peckinpah's 1969 masterpiece, The Wild Bunch. Main Title by Jerry Fielding, I own nothing.

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  5. Jan 30, 2021 · Colorized photograph of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. The “Fort Worth Five Photograph” showing (left to right) the Sundance Kid, Tall Texan, and Butch Cassidy sitting, with News Carver and Kid Curry standing. Taken in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1900.

  6. Find the perfect the wild bunch 1969 stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. Available for both RF and RM licensing.

  7. 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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