An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 6 wins & 8 nominations total
Jaime Sánchez
- Angel
- (as Jaime Sanchez)
Emilio Fernández
- Mapache
- (as Emilio Fernandez)
Elsa Cárdenas
- Elsa
- (as Elsa Cardenas)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRobert Ryan's incessant complaints about not receiving top billing so annoyed director Sam Peckinpah that he decided to "punish" Ryan. In the opening credits, after freezing the screen on closeups of William Holden's and Ernest Borgnine's faces while listing them, Peckinpah froze the scene on several horses' rear ends as Ryan was listed.
- GoofsEarly in the film, Harrigan threatens Deke Thorton by promising to send him back to Yuma if he doesn't catch Pike. In reality, the Yuma Territorial Prison had already shut down in 1909, roughly four years before the events of the movie, and had been converted to a high school.
- Alternate versionsThere have been at least four different "official" versions of The Wild Bunch since its initial release in 1969. Thanks to Paul Seydor, author of "Peckinpah: The Western Films: A Reconsideration" (1980, rev. ed. 1997: University of Illinois Press) for the following data:
- ConnectionsFeatured in Precious Images (1986)
- SoundtracksPolly Wolly Doodle
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by the bounty hunters as they leave Agua Verde
Featured review
The definitive end of the west Western
An incredible performance by Bill Holden is the high point of this sensational, landmark film. Holden made a whole career out of laid-back, easy-going, what-the-hell sort of characters but here, at his zenith, he departs from type and plays a character so mean and so embittered that in some ways he even out-Bronsons Bronson himself.
The Wild Bunch is a group of disillusioned outlaws who are out of time and they know it. When Sykes says that they've got one of those things (a car) up north that can fly, they gloomily accept that this new-fangled 20th Century is not for them.
It is a movie all about values and about a man's loyalty to his companions. Holden brilliantly declares that if you cannot stand by a man who rides with you, you are like some kind of animal. In the end, that is all these hunted men have: their loyalty to each other.
And so they band together for one last walk to try and rescue their doomed Mexican comrade. The bloodbath that follows is an eloquent summary of their lives. They who live by the gun.....
Superb performances by Holden in particular and also by O'Brien, Ryan, Borgnine, Oates and Johnson. Peckinpah's finest hour. Definitely ten out of ten.
The Wild Bunch is a group of disillusioned outlaws who are out of time and they know it. When Sykes says that they've got one of those things (a car) up north that can fly, they gloomily accept that this new-fangled 20th Century is not for them.
It is a movie all about values and about a man's loyalty to his companions. Holden brilliantly declares that if you cannot stand by a man who rides with you, you are like some kind of animal. In the end, that is all these hunted men have: their loyalty to each other.
And so they band together for one last walk to try and rescue their doomed Mexican comrade. The bloodbath that follows is an eloquent summary of their lives. They who live by the gun.....
Superb performances by Holden in particular and also by O'Brien, Ryan, Borgnine, Oates and Johnson. Peckinpah's finest hour. Definitely ten out of ten.
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- Oct 3, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Divja banda
- Filming locations
- La Loma, Durango, Mexico(train robbery: about 25.461°N, 103.657°W, Pancho Villa attack on train station: 25.452°N, 103.659°W)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $6,244,087 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $638,641
- Gross worldwide
- $639,079
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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