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1969 · 145 min · R

The Wild Bunch

Directed by Sam Peckinpah · Western

The Wild Bunch (1969) is a Western film, directed by Sam Peckinpah set in Texas and Mexico during the 1910s. It runs 145 minutes and is rated R.

A western and heist, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of friendship and mortality & aging run throughout.

Composer
Jerry Fielding
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Cast
William HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert RyanJaime SánchezWarren OatesEdmond O'BrienBen JohnsonAlbert Dekker

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Tone
BleakTense

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Protagonist
EnsembleAntihero
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