The Wild Bunch

Also Known As: La pandilla salvaje

Company: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Budget: $6,244,087

Full Cast: William Holden / Ernest Borgnine / Robert Ryan / Edmond O'Brien / Warren Oates / Jaime Sánchez / Ben Johnson / Emilio Fernández / Strother Martin / L.Q. Jones / Albert Dekker / Bo Hopkins / Dub Taylor / Paul Harper / Jorge Russek / Alfonso Arau / Chano Urueta / Elsa Cárdenas / Bill Hart / Rayford Barnes / Stephen Ferry / Sonia Amelio / Aurora Clavel / Enrique Lucero / Elizabeth Dupeyrón / Yolanda Ponce / José Chávez / René Dupeyrón / Pedro Galván / Graciela Doring / Major Perez / Fernando Wagner / Jorge Rado / Ivan Scott / Señora Madero / Margarito Luna / Chalo González / Lilia Castillo / Elizabeth Unda / Julio Corona / Gordon T. Dawson / 'Chico' Hernandez / Buck Holland / Matthew Peckinpah

Cast and Character: William Holden as Pike Bishop / Ernest Borgnine as Dutch Engstrom / Robert Ryan as Deke Thornton / Edmond O'Brien as Freddie Sykes / Warren Oates as Lyle Gorch / Jaime Sánchez as Angel / Ben Johnson as Tector Gorch / Emilio Fernández as Gen. Mapache / Strother Martin as Coffer / L.Q. Jones as T.C / Albert Dekker as Pat Harrigan / Bo Hopkins as Clarence 'Crazy' Lee / Dub Taylor as Rev. Wainscoat / Paul Harper as Ross / Jorge Russek as Maj. Zamorra

Color: Color

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Directors: Sam Peckinpah

Genres: Western

Languages: English / Spanish / German

Location: Durango, Mexico

MPAA: R

Opening Weekend: n/A

Plot: In the Wild Bunch the movie opens with a group of aging outlaw's final score, a bank robbery. The event concludes with a violent and overtly bloody shootout that would generally mark the finale of a movie. This is correct in that it marks the finale of an era, for the characters and the world they live in. They simply can no longer keep up, the times are changing, technology advancing, and they're style of life is getting left behind in the dust that they spent so long galloping through. They abandon their careers for the simpler life of retirement. They enjoy this time, they live their fantasies. During this time the law is always on their tracks, bounty hunters. The further into their fantasy they get, the closer their demise seems to get. When one of their own is captured they are faced with the choice of escape or what is certainly a suicide mission to attempt and free their fallen behind comrade. For them it is not a choice. They all die in what can only be described as a ...

Poster: posters/0065214.jpg

Rating: 8.1

Release Date: 18 June 1969 (USA)

Runtime: n/A

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track / DTS / Dolby Digital / Mono / SDDS

Tagline: They came too late and stayed too long.

Title: The Wild Bunch

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065214/

Votes: 48,514

Writers: Walon Green / Sam Peckinpah

Year: 1969

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The Wild Bunch got rated 8.1.

About the movie: In the Wild Bunch the movie opens with a group of aging outlaw's final score, a bank robbery. The event concludes with a violent and overtly bloody shootout that would generally mark the finale of a movie. This is correct in that it marks the finale of an era, for the characters and the world they live in. They simply can no longer keep up, the times are changing, technology advancing, and they're style of life is getting left behind in the dust that they spent so long galloping through. They abandon their careers for the simpler life of retirement. They enjoy this time, they live their fantasies. During this time the law is always on their tracks, bounty hunters. The further into their fantasy they get, the closer their demise seems to get. When one of their own is captured they are faced with the choice of escape or what is certainly a suicide mission to attempt and free their fallen behind comrade. For them it is not a choice. They all die in what can only be described as a ...

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