The Wild Bunch (1969)

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R
2h 25min
Action, Adventure
19 Jun 1969 (USA)
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An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Writers:

Stars:

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations.
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Theatrical Trailer from Warner Bros. Pictures

Still of Lilia Castillo in The Wild Bunch (1969)

Still of Dennis Falt in The Wild Bunch (1969)

Still of Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones and Robert Ryan (I) in The Wild Bunch (1969)

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	William Holden	...	Pike
	Ernest Borgnine	...	Dutch
	Robert Ryan	...	Thornton
	Edmond O'Brien	...	Sykes
	Warren Oates	...	Lyle Gorch
	Jaime Sánchez	...	Angel (as Jaime Sanchez)
	Ben Johnson	...	Tector Gorch
	Emilio Fernández	...	Mapache (as Emilio Fernandez)
	Strother Martin	...	Coffer
	L.Q. Jones	...	T.C
	Albert Dekker	...	Harrigan
	Bo Hopkins	...	Crazy Lee
	Dub Taylor	...	Wainscoat
	Paul Harper	...	Ross
	Jorge Russek	...	Zamorra
	Alfonso Arau	...	Herrera
	Chano Urueta	...	Don Jose
	Elsa Cárdenas	...	Elsa (as Elsa Cardenas)
	Bill Hart	...	Jess
	Rayford Barnes	...	Buck
	Stephen Ferry	...	Sergeant McHale (as Steve Ferry)
	Sonia Amelio	...	Teresa
	Aurora Clavel	...	Aurora
	Enrique Lucero	...	Ignacio
	Elizabeth Dupeyrón	...	Rocio (as Elizabeth Dupeyron)
	Yolanda Ponce	...	Yolis
	José Chávez	...	Juan Jose (as Jose Chavez)
	René Dupeyrón	...	Juan (as Rene Dupeyron)
	Pedro Galván	...	Benson (as Pedro Galvan)
	Graciela Doring	...	Emma
	Major Perez	...	Perez
	Fernando Wagner	...	Mohr
	Ivan J. Rado	...	Ernst (as Jorge Rado)
	Ivan Scott	...	Paymaster
	Señora Madero	...	Margaret (as Sra. Madero)
	Margarito Luna	...	Luna
	Chalo González	...	Gonzalez (as Chalo Gonzalez)
	Lilia Castillo	...	Lilia
	Elizabeth Unda	...	Carmen
	Julio Corona	...	Julio
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Alyce Allen	...	Woman (uncredited)
	Archie Butler	...	Jabalai (uncredited)
	Tap Canutt	...	Burt (uncredited)
	Gordon T. Dawson	...	Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
	Dennis Falt	...	Townie (uncredited)
	Dennis Feldman	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
	Mickey Gilbert	...	Frank (uncredited)
	Robert 'Buzz' Henry	...	Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
	'Chico' Hernandez	...	Boy on Town (uncredited)
	Buck Holland	...	Thornton Posse Rider (uncredited)
	Walt La Rue	...	Abe (uncredited)
	Raul Madero	...	Old Teetotaler (uncredited)
	Erwin Neal	...	Fray (uncredited)
	Matthew Peckinpah	...	Boy Watching Robber Scoop Up Moneybag (uncredited)
	Bill Shannon	...	Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
	Jim Sheppard	...	Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
	Jack Williams	...	Phil (uncredited)
	Sheb Wooley	...	Buck's Scream (uncredited) (archiveSound)
	Joe Yrigoyen	...	Simkins (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sam Peckinpah

Written by

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Walon Green	...	(screenplay) and
Sam Peckinpah	...	(screenplay)

Walon Green	...	(story) and
Roy N. Sickner	...	(story)

Produced by

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Phil Feldman	...	producer
Roy N. Sickner	...	associate producer

Music by

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Jerry Fielding

Cinematography by

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Lucien Ballard

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director of photography

Editing by

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Lou Lombardo

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(as Louis Lombardo)

Editorial Department

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Robert L. Wolfe	...	associate film editor
Joel Cox	...	assistant editor (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Edward Carrere

Costume Design by

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James R. Silke

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(uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Al Greenway	...	makeup artist
Keester Sweeney	...	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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William D. Faralla

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production manager (as William Faralla)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Clifford C. Coleman	...	assistant director (as Cliff Coleman)
Fred Gammon	...	assistant director
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	...	second unit director (as Buzz Henry)
John 'Bud' Cardos	...	second unit director (uncredited)
Howard G. Kazanjian	...	second assistant director (uncredited)
Phil Rawlins	...	first assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Phil A. Ankrom	...	property master (uncredited)
John Barton	...	assistant property master (uncredited)
Stephen R. Ferry	...	property master (uncredited)
Bill Gold	...	poster designer (uncredited)
Arnold Losey	...	props (uncredited)
Tyrus Wong	...	art department (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Robert J. Miller	...	sound
Joe Kavigan	...	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Stanley Martin	...	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Billy Mauch	...	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Bill Rivol	...	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Ed Scheid	...	supervising sound effects editor (uncredited)
Dan Wallin	...	re-recording mixer (uncredited)
John O. Young	...	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Bud Hulburd	...	special effects
Ralph Ayres	...	special effects (uncredited)
James Rugg	...	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Denny Arnold	...	stunts (uncredited)
Norman Bishop	...	stunts (uncredited)
Archie Butler	...	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	...	stunt double: "Lyle" (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	...	stunts (uncredited)
John 'Bud' Cardos	...	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Combs	...	stunts (uncredited)
Louie Elias	...	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	...	stunts (uncredited)
Chad Evans	...	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Feazell	...	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan	...	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	...	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Hart	...	stunts (uncredited)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	...	stunts (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	...	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron	...	stunt double: Ernest Borgnine (uncredited)
Billy E. Hughes	...	stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes	...	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	...	stunts (uncredited)
Erwin Neal	...	stunt double: "Pike" (uncredited)
Bob Orrison	...	stunts (uncredited)
Yolanda Ponce	...	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	...	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Shane	...	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Shannon	...	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Sheppard	...	stunts (uncredited)
Roy N. Sickner	...	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	...	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen	...	stunt double: "Angel" and "Sykes" (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bud Gaunt	...	key grip
Bernie Abramson	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Dave Friedman	...	assistant camera (uncredited)
Reggie Jones	...	grip (uncredited)
Thomas Laughridge	...	camera operator (uncredited)
James F. Reber	...	generator operator (uncredited)
Don Stott	...	gaffer (uncredited)
Richard Tim Vanik	...	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Gordon T. Dawson

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wardrobe supervisor (as Gordon Dawson)

Location Management

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Morrie Nierenberg

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location auditor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Sonny Burke	...	music supervisor
Israel Baker	...	musician: violin (uncredited)
Art Beck	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Julito Corona	...	guitarist (uncredited)
Jerry Fielding	...	conductor (uncredited)
Carl Fortina	...	Accordionist (uncredited)
Donald Harris	...	music film editor (uncredited)
Richard C. Harris	...	supervising music film editor (uncredited)
Greig McRitchie	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Tommy Morgan	...	musician: harmonica (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco	...	guitarist (uncredited)
Dan Wallin	...	scoring mixer (uncredited)
Albert Woodbury	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jimmy Wyble	...	musician: guitarist (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Crayton Smith

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script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Bud Dawson	...	transportation gaffer (uncredited)
Chet Jan	...	driver (uncredited)
Joe Lessner	...	driver (uncredited)
Charles Misere	...	driver (uncredited)
Frank Olmstead	...	driver (uncredited)
Earl Pierson	...	driver (uncredited)
Rex Schroetter	...	driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Elizabeth Burnette	...	voice (uncredited)
Tony Faehnle	...	ramrod (uncredited)
Stanley Feldman	...	production coordinator (uncredited)
Anthony Goldschmidt	...	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Gay Hayden	...	secretary (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	...	head wrangler (uncredited)
Robert Joseph	...	unit publicist (uncredited)
Alyce S. Miller	...	secretary (uncredited)
Greta Shepherd	...	secretary to executive producer (uncredited)
Branko Wohlfahrt	...	weapon specialist (uncredited)

Thanks

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Procopio Ortiz Reyes

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thanks (as General de Brigada E.E. Procopio Ortiz R.)

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Production Companies

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Warner Bros./Seven Arts

Distributors

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Warner Bros./Seven Arts (1969) (United States) (theatrical)
Dear Film (1969) (Italy) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (1969) (France) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Warner Bros./Seven Arts (1969) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Warner-Pathé Distributors (1969) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Warner-Tonefilm (1969) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. Pictures (1971) (India) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros F. E. Inc.)
CBS (1973) (United States) (tv)
Warner Bros. (1979) (Norway) (theatrical)
Warner Home Video (1980) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
Audio Visual Enterprises (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
Canal+ (1986) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
Warner Home Video (1986) (United States) (VHS) (pan/scan)
Lucernafilm - Alfa (1991) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
Warner Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
Warner Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS) (widescreen director's cut)
Warner Home Video (1997) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Warner Home Video (1998) (Sweden) (VHS)
Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-edited)
Warner Bros. (1999) (Argentina) (re-release)
Warner Home Video (1999) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD) (special edition)
Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD) (special edition)
Warner Home Video (2007) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (original director's cut)
Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
7flix (2022) (Australia) (tv)
ARTE (2022) (France) (tv)
7Mate (2023) (Australia) (tv)
Prem'er Video Fil'm (Russia) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (West Germany) (VHS)
Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Film Score Monthly (soundtrack) (limited edition)
Warner Bros. Records (soundtrack) (original release)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	It's 1913, and the "traditional" American West is dying. Amongst the inhabitants of this dying era are a gang known as "the wild bunch." After a failed railroad office robbery, the gang heads to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the 20th century, the gang takes the job and ends up in a brutally violent last stand against their enemies deemed to be corrupt, in a small Mexican town ruled by a ruthless general. Written by blazesnakes9 Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	arizona cartridge-belt ammunition-belt revisionist-western collateral-damage See All (311) »
Taglines	The land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't. See more »
Genres	Action Adventure Drama Western
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:18 Australia:SOA Australia:MA Australia:R Brazil:14 Canada:18A (Alberta) Canada:R (Manitoba) Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) Canada:13+ (Quebec) Canada:18A (British Columbia) Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) Canada:AA (Ontario) Finland:K-16 Finland:K-16 Finland:K-18 France:12 (new rating) France:18 Germany:16 (DVD rating) Hungary:18 Iceland:16 India:A Ireland:18 Ireland:(Banned) (original decision) Ireland:16 Italy:VM14 Italy:T Japan:G Malaysia:U Mexico:B15 Netherlands:12 Netherlands:18 (orginal rating) New Zealand:R16 Norway:16 (original cinema rating) Norway:18 Peru:18 Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) Poland:12 Portugal:M/12 Singapore:NC-16 South Africa:16 South Korea:18 Spain:13 Sweden:15 United Kingdom:18 (video rating) United Kingdom:18 United Kingdom:18 (video rating) United Kingdom:X United States:R West Germany:18

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Wild Bunch (Japan, English title) La Horde sauvage (France) The Wild Bunch - Sie kannten kein Gesetz (Germany) Grupo salvaje (Spain) Grup salvatge (Spain, Catalan title) See more »
Runtime	145 min
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish German
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints) See more »
Sound Mix	70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) DTS (1995 re-release) Dolby Digital (1995 re-release) Mono (35 mm prints) SDDS (1995 re-release)
Filming Locations	La Loma, Durango, Mexico See more »

Box Office

Budget

$6,244,087 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Robert 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. See more »
Goofs	Early 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. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Precious Images (1986). See more »
Soundtracks	Polly Wolly Doodle See more »
Quotes	Crazy Lee: Well, how'd you like to kiss my sister's black cat's ass? See more »

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