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Tag Archives: Sam Peckinpah
Ride the High Country (1962) Sam Peckinpah

Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. Read More »
The Deadly Companions (1961) Sam Peckinpah, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran

The Civil War Yankee sergeant Yellowleg saves the cheater Turkey from hanging after a card game Read More »
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel

It’s 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a’changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid Read More »
Cross of Iron (1977) Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason

With too much action to be lumped with “antiwar” films, and too little pro-war sentiment Read More »
The Killer Elite (1975) Sam Peckinpah, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill

Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. Read More »
The Wild Bunch (1969) Sam Peckinpah, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan

“If they move, kill ’em!” Beginning and ending with two of the bloodiest battles in screen history Read More »
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) Sam Peckinpah, Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner

Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. Read More »
Noon Wine (1966) Sam Peckinpah, Jason Robards, Olivia de Havilland, Theodore Bikel

Rough dairy farmer Royal Earle Thompson is trapped in a loveless marriage and tries to make amends for a past mistake. Read More »
The Osterman Weekend (1983) Sam Peckinpah, Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson

In this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel, the host of an investigative news program has been convinced by the C.I.A. Read More »