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Sam Peckinpah
Writer 1925 - 1984

Sam Peckinpah

Fresno, California, United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch (1969). He was known for the innovative and... Read full bio →

Filmography

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6 titles
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Sam Peckinpah 1974 1h 53m 8.4

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

Sam Peckinpah 1971 1h 56m 8.4

Straw Dogs is an American thriller from director Sam Peckinpah from 1971. Dustin Hoffman stars as a mathematician who faces a ruthless revenge of pressing power.

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

Sam Peckinpah 1969 2h 25m 8.1

The Wild Bunch is one of the best representations of the Western genre; A group of outlaws is in battle with the law and with modern society.

Villa Rides

Villa Rides

Buzz Kulik 1968 2h 1m

Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados and stealing women's hearts as they go.

The Glory Guys

The Glory Guys

Arnold Laven 1965 1h 52m

Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.

Major Dundee

Major Dundee

Sam Peckinpah 1965 2h 5m 7.3

During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.

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