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The Spikes Gang   1974     2 stars    PG, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Fleischer  
Cast: Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Arthur Hunnicutt, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Smith, Don Fellows, Elliott Sullivan, Robert Beatty, Bert Conway, Ralph Brown, Bill Curran, David Thomson, Ricardo Palacios

  Garry Spikes (Lee Marvin) is a veteran gunman who is wounded, and runaway boys–Les Richter (Ron Howard) and Will Young (Gary Grimes)–nurse him back to health. They love hearing Spikes tell about his past adventures, and Spikes encourages them to form an outlaw gang with him as their leader. Les and Will enter the world of bank robberies with Spikes, but then Spikes double-crosses them and hunts them as a bounty hunter. When Will decides to settle the score and get revenge, mayhem is certain to follow.



Cast
Lee Marvin Harry Spikes
Gary Grimes Will Young
Ron Howard Les Richter
Charles Martin Smith Tod
Arthur Hunnicutt Kid White aka Billy Blanco
Noah Beery Jr. Jack Basset
Marc Smith Abel Young
Don Fellows Cowboy
Elliott Sullivan Billy
Robert Beatty Sheriff
Bert Conway Bank Teller
Ralph Brown Posse Leader
Bill Curran Gillis
David Thomson Sheriff
Ricardo Palacios Doctor
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