The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970  R, 121 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Peter Whitney, R.G. Armstrong, Gene Evans, Kathleen Freeman, William Mims, Susan O'Connell, Vaughn Taylor, Max Evans, James Anderson
Loner Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) builds a home and a new life for himself in the old West–until his stagecoach stop loses out to a new invention: the automobile.
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 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974  R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Warren Oates, Gig Young, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernandez, Kris Kristofferson, Chano Urueta, Donnie Fritts, Jorge Russek, Chalo Gonzalez, Don Levy, Enrique Lucero, Janine Maldonado, Tamara Garina
After his daughter is seduced by Alfredo Garcia, a wealthy rancher seeks revenge. This is the tale of two bounty hunters who participate in the quest of Alfredo Garcia's head. The offbeat film has a cult following. Bloody.
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China 9, Liberty 37 1978 R, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Monte Hellman, Tony Brandt
Cast: Fabio Testi, Warren Oates, Jenny Agutter, Sam Peckinpah, Isabel Mestres, Luis Prendes, Franco Interlenghi, Helga Line, Sydney Lassick, Charly Bravo, Gianrico Tondinelli, Richard C. Adams, Natalia Kim, Paco Benlloch, Romano Puppo
Gunfighter Clayton Drumm (Fabio Testi) is saved from the gallows by railroad men on the promise to kill Matthew Sebanek (Warren Oates) who refuses to sell his land. Not only does Clayton not kill Matthew, he sleeps with Matthew's wife, Catherine (Jenny Agutter), after which the railroad men must be dealt with.
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Cross of Iron 1977  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Adventure
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Senta Berger, Klaus Lowitsch, Vadim Glowna, Roger Fritz, Dieter Schidor, Burkhard Driest, Fred Stillkrauth, Michael Nowka, Veronique Vendell, Arthur Brauss, Igor Galo
After Russia's severe winter as well as the defeat of the Nazis on the Eastern Front, the retreating German army reflects the weariness and futility of war in this insightful film. 1 User Review
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| | Typical Coburn, Excellent Peckinpah | War Dog 08/18/2009 | | |
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The Deadly Companions 1961  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills, Strother Martin, Will Wright, Jim O'Hara, Peter O'Crotty, Billy Vaughn, Chuck Hayward
When a gunslinger (Brian Keith) accidentally shoots the son of a dance hall entertainer (Maureen O'Hara), he feels obligated to escort the funeral procession through hostile Indian territory.
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The Getaway 1972 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Roy Jenson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Jack Dodson, John Bryson, Bill Hart, Whitney Jones, Tom Runyon
Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) has been in prison for four years when his wife Carol (Ali McGraw) gets him a parole from dirty politician Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson). The parole comes with the stipulation that Doc does one more robbery for Benyon. Doc joins up with Rudy (Al Lettieri) and Jackson (Bo Hopkins), and they perform the heist, but problems ensue when Rudy plots to keep all of the money. Now, Doc and Carol rush for the Mexican border with the money while Rudy follows closely behind. They encounter each other in El Paso where a shootout is a certainty. 1 User Review
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| | Best Action hero ever and a great twosome | Twiggster 01/31/2012 | | I love every movie McQueen was in but this was his best although there are others that nip at it. Bullitt and Tom Horn Great but the Getaway does it for me. He is always a focused person in all his movies but this one he is determined. Bruce Willis is good but he should have studied McQueen closer and become better. Yes Steve McQueen was the Ultimate action hero good guy or bad he was the best. |
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Hollywood Mavericks 1990 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Don McGlynn
Cast: Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Peter Bogdanovich, King Vidor, Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, David Lynch, Robert De Niro, Orson Welles, Gina Rowlands, Alan Rudolph, Samuel Fuller, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah
This documentary uses film clips and interviews to focus on artistic creations of some of Hollywood's motivated directors. Orson Welles, who coined the phrase "Hollywood Mavericks," is one of the directors featured in this documentary.
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Junior Bonner 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Mary Murphy, Bill McKinney, Don "Red" Barry, Dub Taylor, Sandra Deel, Charles H. Gray, Matthew Peckinpah, Sundown Spencer, Rita Garrison
Rodeo performer Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) has passed his prime and returns home to Prescott, Arizona, where he finds that his parents, Ace and Elvira (Robert Preston and Ida Lupino), are breaking up their marriage, and his brother Curley (Joe Don Baker) is striking it rich selling off parcels of the family's land. Trying to regain his self-esteem, Junior enters the town's Fourth of July rodeo and wins the bull-riding event. Now, Junior buys an airplane ticket with the winnings and heads to Australia for more rodeos.
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The Killer Elite 1975 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Action / Thriller
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins, Mako, Burt Young, Gig Young, Tom Clancy, Tiana Alexandra, Carole Mallory, James Wing Woo, Kate Heflin, Sondra Blake, George Cheung, Walter Kelley
Professional agent Mike Locken (James Caan) is double-crossed by his partner George Hansen (Robert Duvall) and is left crippled. Locken does manage to get himself back into service and is hired to protect an Asian political leader, Yuen Chung (Mako), who has a contract out on his life. The hired assassin is Hansen, and the showdown occurs between Locken's men and ninja warriors on the deck of a mothballed vessel while Hansen and Locken watch.
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Major Dundee 1965 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, Brock Peters, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, R.G. Armstrong, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens, Michael Pate, Karl Swenson
Major Dundee (Charlton Heston) is a member of the Union Cavalry who, as a result of his mistakes at the Battle of Gettysburg, has been sent out West to be in charge of a Union prison in New Mexico. The Apache Indians, led by Sierra Charriba (Michael Pate), have been raiding U.S. bases and kidnapping children, and Major Dundee decides to take on the job of capturing the raiders and rescuing the victims. But, he does not have enough men under his command, so he recruits Confederate prisoners–including his childhood friend Captain Benjamin Tyreen (Richard Harris)–and leads a motley group of men across the border into Mexico in pursuit of the marauding Apaches.
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The Osterman Weekend 1983 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Chris Sarandon, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Cassie Yates, Sandy McPeak
A TV newsman (Rutger Hauer) is planning to entertain friends at his California home when he is convinced by a CIA agent (John Hurt) that some of his guests are Russian spies. The house is bugged before their arrival, and the intrigue begins.
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973 R, 121 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
aka: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Jason Robards, Elisha Cook Jr., Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Jack Elam, R.G. Armstrong, Luke Askew, John Beck, Matt Clark, Rita Coolidge
In 1881, Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) and his posse are on the trail of Garrett's one-time friend, outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson). Billy could flee to Mexico and find safety but, instead, heads to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, where Garrett confronts him and brings an end to Billy and his outlaw activities. This is the much-edited story of that tension-filled time and is worth viewing for the chance to see great character actors in action.
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Ride the High Country 1962  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan, James Drury, Warren Oates, R.G. Armstrong, L.Q. Jones, John Davis Chandler, Jenie Jackson, John Anderson, Byron Foulger, Michael T. Mikler, Percy Helton
Two lawmen, at the end of their careers, take on the job of delivering a gold shipment to a bank. One, Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott), plans to get help from his protege Heck Longtree (Ron Starr) to steal the gold, but problems develop when the other, Steve Judd (Joel McCrea), will not go along with the scheme.
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 Straw Dogs 1971 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Del Henney, T.P. McKenna, David Warner, Ken Hutchison, Jim Norton, Peter Arne, Chloe Franks, Donald Webster, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Cherina Schaer
Quietly studious professor David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his wife Amy (Susan George) move to a rural British home as the means of escaping violence in the city. They hire workers to build their garage, but the workers, led by Charlie Verner (Del Henney), make fun of David and flirt with Amy. Later, the workers take David on a hunting trip; but, they desert him, and then two of them find Amy and rape her. David becomes enraged following the rape and resorts to violence in his effort to fight those responsible. A very violent film (especially for that time).
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The Visitor 1979  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael J. Paradise
Cast: Mel Ferrer, Lance Henriksen, Glenn Ford, John Huston, Joanne Nail, Shelley Winters, Sam Peckinpah, Paige Conner, Ja Townsend, Jack Dorsey
A 10-year-old girl (Paige Conner) possesses unusual powers through which she plans to destroy the world.
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 The Wild Bunch 1969 R, 145 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Strother Martin, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Jaime Sanchez, L.Q. Jones, Emilio Fernandez, Albert Dekker, Bo Hopkins, Dub Taylor, Paul Harper, Jorge Russek
In 1913, Pancho Villa was the leader of a revolutionary army that the U.S. was warily aiding. This story is about a group of outlaws whose leader Pike Bishop (William Holden) boldly hijacks an ammunition train loaded with supplies for Gen. Mapache (Emilio Fernandez), and Bishop's ex-partner Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan) is in hot pursuit. A Sam Peckinpah classic that has it all.
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| 1. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
2. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
3. China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)
4. Cross of Iron (1977)
5. The Deadly Companions (1961)
6. The Getaway (1972)
7. Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
8. Junior Bonner (1972)
9. The Killer Elite (1975)
10. Major Dundee (1965)
11. The Osterman Weekend (1983)
12. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
aka: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
13. Ride the High Country (1962)
14. Straw Dogs (1971)
15. The Visitor (1979)
16. The Wild Bunch (1969)
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