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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.
In this gritty Western classic, aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery.
The Bunch holds up the train, but Thornton and his posse are also on board. They pursue the Bunch to a bridge over the Rio Grande, with a squad of inept cavalrymen right behind them. After a confusing three-way shootout, the Bunch recrosses the border into Mexico.
The Wild Bunch (1969) is not only an essential Western but a seminal work of violence and artistry that forever changed the landscape of motion pictures. What audiences saw before The Wild Bunch, in brief but glorious forays into violence such as Bonnie and Clyde (1967), was nothing compared to
Sep 29, 2002 · In an early scene of "The Wild Bunch," the bunch rides into town past a crowd of children who are gathered with excitement around their game. They have trapped some scorpions and are watching them being tortured by ants.
Jun 13, 2024 · The Wild Bunch. William Holden in The Wild Bunch (1969), directed by Sam Peckinpah. A notorious gang of outlaws headed by Pike Bishop (played by William Holden) barely escape a violent bank robbery in which dozens of innocent bystanders are killed.
Demystifying the traditional Western through raw, unglamorous violence, The Wild Bunch exploded onto the screen in 1969 and altered the face of the genre, and filmmaking, forever.
