The Wild Bunch (1969)


The Wild Bunch
Release Date18 June 1969
Budget$6,000,000
TaglineThe land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't.
GenreAction, Western
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsDurango, Mexico
LanguageGerman, English, Spanish
Sound Mix70 mm 6-Track, DTS, Dolby Digital, Mono, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRevisionist Western, Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film
MoodTough Guys
ThemesOne Last Heist, Sheriffs and Outlaws
TonesStylized, Gritty, Bleak, Cynical, Tense, Melancholy, Earthy, Atmospheric
TagsAmbush, Anti Hero, Bad Guy, Battle [war], Death, Deception, Escape, Gunfighter, Mercenary, On The Run, Outlaw [Western], Pursuit, Retirement, Robbery, Shoot Out, Train Robbery, Weapons

The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah about an aging outlaw gang on the Texas-Mexico border, trying to exist in the changing "modern" world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic, bloody violence and its portrayal of the crude men attempting to survive by any available means.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Pike Bishop

Dutch Engstrom

Deke Thornton

Freddie Sykes

Lyle Gorch

Jaime Sánchez
Angel

Tector Gorch

Gen. Mapache

Pat Harrigan

Clarence 'Crazy' Lee

Rev. Wainscoat

Jorge Russek
Maj. Zamorra

Lt. Herrera

Chano Urueta
Don Jose

Elsa Cárdenas
Elsa

Bill Hart
Jess

Rayford Barnes
Buck

Stephen Ferry
Sgt. McHale

Sonia Amelio
Teresa

Aurora Clavel
Aurora

Ignacio

Elizabeth Dupeyrón
Rocio

Yolanda Ponce
Yolis

José Chávez
Juan Jose

René Dupeyrón
Juan

Pedro Galván
Mr. Benson

Graciela Doring
Emma

Major Perez
Perez

Fernando Wagner
Cmdr. Frederick Mohr

Jorge Rado
Ernst

Ivan Scott
Paymaster

Señora Madero
Margaret

Margarito Luna
Luna

Chalo González
Gonzalez

Lilia Castillo
Lilia

Elizabeth Unda
Carmen

Julio Corona
Julio

Buck Holland
Thornton Posse Rider

Matthew Peckinpah
Young boy watching robber scoop up moneybag

Director

Writer

Walon Green
,

Roy N. Sickner

Producer

Phil Feldman
producer

Roy N. Sickner
associate producer

Original Music

Jerry Fielding
-

Cinematographer

Editor

Lou Lombardo

Art Director

Edward Carrere
-

Makeup Department

Al Greenway
makeup artist

Production Manager

William D. Faralla
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Clifford C. Coleman
assistant director

Fred Gammon
assistant director

Robert 'Buzz' Henry
second unit director

John 'Bud' Cardos
second unit director

Howard G. Kazanjian
second assistant director

Sound Department

Robert J. Miller
sound

Dan Wallin
sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Bud Hulburd
special effects

Stunts

Denny Arnold
stunts

Norman Bishop
stunts

Steven Burnett
stunts

Archie Butler
stunt coordinator

Joe Canutt
stunts

Tap Canutt
stunts

John 'Bud' Cardos
stunts

Gary Combs
stunts

Louie Elias
stunts

Tony Epper
stunts

Chad Evans
stunts

Joe Finnegan
stunts

Mickey Gilbert
stunts

Bill Hart
stunts

Robert 'Buzz' Henry
stunts

'Chema' Hernandez
stunts

Bob Herron
stunts

Whitey Hughes
stunts

Gary McLarty
stunts

Bob Orrison
stunts

Danny Sands
stunts

Bill Shannon
stunts

Jim Sheppard
stunts

Roy N. Sickner
stunts

Jack Williams
stunts

Joe Yrigoyen
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Bud Gaunt
key grip

Bernie Abramson
still photographer

Dave Friedman
assistant camera

Don Stott
gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Gordon T. Dawson
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Robert L. Wolfe
associate film editor

Joel Cox
assistant editor

Music Department

Sonny Burke
music supervisor

Dan Wallin
scoring mixer

Other Crew

Crayton Smith
script supervisor

Elizabeth Burnette
voice-over

'Chema' Hernandez
head wrangler

Morrie Nierenberg
accountant

Branko Wohlfahrt
weapon specialist

Thanks

General De Brigada E.E. Procopio Ortiz R.
thanks

Production Company

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Distributor

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

CBS Television

Lucernafilm - Alfa

Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy

Prem'er Video Fil'm
-

Warner Home Video
,

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video
, , , , ,

Warner Home Vídeo
,






Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Sam Peckinpah
Convoy (1978)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Major Dundee (1965)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Getaway (1972)
The Wild Bunch