Also known as:Wild Bunch (1969, The (original title)
Country:United States, 144 minutes
Spoken languages:English, German, Spanish
Genres:Action, Adventure, Western
Director(s):Sam Peckinpah
Number: 842
Storyline:
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 ...
Cast:
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)