# The Wild Bunch (1969)

> Aging outlaws pursue one final score across the Mexican border as a vanished frontier leaves loyalty, violence, and honor colliding in a catastrophic last stand.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/457

## Facts

- Runtime: 145 min
- Genres: Western
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Jaime Sánchez, Warren Oates, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson, Albert Dekker
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065214/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: elegiac, brooding, visceral, classic western marathon, cinephile viewing

## Synopsis

A gang of outlaws faces their final showdown in a world that's leaving them behind.

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- [The Train Robbers (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/25907)
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- [Bandolero! (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/26890)

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