"The Wild Bunch"
Movie Review

Reviewed by: Dave Ferrier

(1969) William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan, Edmund O'Brien, L.Q. Jones, Bo Hopkins, Strother Martin, Jaime Sanchez, Emilio Fernandez, Albert Dekker, Dub Taylor, Jorge Russek, Alfonso Arau, Elsa Cardenas, Rayford Barnes; Directed by Sam Peckinpah;Color

    Should one ever wonder about the credibility of a reviewer or fan whose Top Ten Western Picks list doesn't include this title, forget it.  The Wild Bunch zeroes in on the wildest elements of the West that the "Spaghetti Western" never approached.

    This landmark film is Peckinpah's tale of "What happens when four killers go to Mexico," of the passing of the West, and of loyalty and honor among thieves and worse.  It is also a capstone to screen violence done with a purpose beyond gore and matchless in its intensity.

    Hounded by bounty hunters, railroad detectives, and the Army, William Holden leads his battered bunch into Mexico where they agree to rob a munitions train in order to..............................................................