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The Wild Bunch

Unchanged men in a changing land

7.6(1,392)19692h 25m9

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

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Status
Released
Budget
$6.2M
Box office
$638.6K
Language
English
  • underdog
  • friendship
  • bounty hunter
  • robbery
  • texas
  • mexican revolution
  • honor
  • gang
  • shootout
  • soldier
  • steam locomotive
  • righteous rage

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereKansas City, Mo.Preliminary Screening1 May 1969
    • PremiereLos Angeles, California18 Jun 1969
    • TheatricalR19 Jun 1969
    • TheatricalRRestored Version3 Mar 1995
    • PremiereRiverRun International Film Festival19 Apr 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon21 Aug 1969
    • Theatrical1822 Aug 1969
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalR 18+Sydney20 Mar 1970
    • TheatricalR 18+26 Mar 1970
    • TheatricalRe-release3 Jul 1997
    • TheatricalRe-release5 Feb 1998
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+1830 Apr 1970
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1411 May 1970
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1518 Sept 1969
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-163 Oct 1969
    • PremiereMidnight Sun Film Festival (70mm Version)15 Jun 2006
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1217 Oct 1969
    • Theatrical12Restored Version25 Apr 2001
    • Theatrical12Re-release3 Dec 2003
    • Theatrical12Re-release9 Sept 2015
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical18West Germany3 Oct 1969
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical7 Aug 1969
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical188 May 1986
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical185 Mar 1971

Frequently asked questions

The Wild Bunch was released on 19 June 1969.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    2/10/2017

    10/10

    Brutal and elegiac masterpiece. Outlaws led by Pike Bishop on the Mexican/U.S. frontier face not only the passing of time, but bounty hunters (led by former partner of Pike, Deke Thornton) and the Mexican army as well. In 1969 Sam Peckinpah picked up the torch that Arthur Penn lit with 1967's "Bonnie & Clyde", and literally poured gasoline on it to impact on cinema to the point that the shock wave is still bein…

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    tmdb28039023

    8/28/2022

    6/10

    There are no ‘good guys’ in The Wild Bunch, only bad guys and worse guys. The titular bunch are thieves and killers, but at least they won’t rob a dead man – unlike the posse of bounty hunters, led by Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan), sent by the railroad company to bring the bunch in dead or alive. Deke, himself a former bunch member, is considerably more evolved than the mercenaries railroad man Harrigan (Albert Dekker)…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    10/15/2023

    5/10

    **A good Western, with some problems that prevent it from being excellent.** Personally, I think that Western is a genre of cinema focused on entertainment and action, and I think that is generally correct. I haven't seen many Western films that can be said to be great (although they exist). This film is good, it is beyond average, but it is not free from problems and imperfections. The plot is based on a gang …

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