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  • Peckinpah Convoy to get remake - 9 December 2005
    Sam Peckinpah's trucking movie Convoy is set to be remade. - -The film, which originally starred Kris Kristofferson and Ernest Borgnine, will be directed for the second time by John Singleton, the man behind Boyz 'N The Hood, 2 Fast 2 Furious and this year's sleeper hi

Sam Peckinpah - what members say


  • The Wild Bunch
  • The Wild Bunch review by from Plymouth, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Peckinpah classic 14 June 2004
    ...The Wild Bunch was a defining moment in the career of director Sam Peckinpah, and also the Western genre as a whole. Peckinpah took a seemingly stock western plot and produ...  
  • Junior Bonner
  • Junior Bonner review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 4 stars Bonner Boys bump Broncos and Bulls 19 January 2009
    ...This is another of Sam Peckinpah's tributes to the 'Old West', this time he is aided by Steve McQueen and Robert Preston. Here we see the Rodeo Show hitting JR (Jnr) Bonn...  
  • Straw Dogs
  • Straw Dogs review by from Surrey
    Rated - 5 stars A Study Of Nature 5 August 2004
    ...When Sam Peckinpah’s film was released in Britain, it caused a huge fuss, being banned for several decades. It is understandable why, considering how conservative Britain wa...  

Sam Peckinpah - filmography


  • The Osterman Weekend (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Rutger Hauer,  John Hurt,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Once a year John Tanner spends a long weekend with his three best friends from college. When he is approached by a CIA agent who has evidence proving that his three pals are actually spy's working with the Soviet Union, he reluctantly allows, his house to be wired with video surveillance equipment ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 485 members
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  • The Getaway on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Ali MacGraw,  Ben Johnson
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    McQueen and McGraw star as husband and wife bank robbers who do their best to elude the Texas police after a botched heist. Remade in a less compelling version in 1994, Peckinpah keeps this one fast and furious. The story is based on a Jim Thompson novel and features music by Quincy Jones.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,294 members
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  • Junior Bonner on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Robert Preston,  Ida Lupino
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Sam Peckinpah's JUNIOR BONNER, Steve McQueen is the title character, an aging rodeo champ who returns to his home town to participate in the annual rodeo. He finds his family estranged, does what he can to help, and then moves on...after some good rodeo riding and a few brawls.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 299 members
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  • Getaway, The - HD DVD Version (1972)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Ali MacGraw,  Ben Johnson
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    McQueen and McGraw star as husband and wife bank robbers who do their best to elude the Texas police after a botched heist. Remade in a less compelling version in 1994, Peckinpah keeps this one fast and furious. The story is based on a Jim Thompson novel and features music by Quincy Jones.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 95 members
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  • Straw Dogs on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Susan George,  Peter Vaughan
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his English wife to an isolated village where he is harrassed by town bullies. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,145 members
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  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Jason Robards,  Stella Stevens,  David Warner
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 274 members
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  • The Wild Bunch on DVD (1969)
    Starring: William Holden,  Robert Ryan,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West--widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,035 members
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  • Deadly Companions on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Brian Keith,  Maureen O'Hara
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Peckinpah's first feature follows a funeral procession through hostile Apache territory led by the man who accidentally killed the boy in the coffin. The soldier who made the promise of protection to the boy's mother hopes to settle more than one score at the end of the journey.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 62 members
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Sam Peckinpah facts

5 most recent films

The Osterman Weekend - 2.5 stars
Convoy - 3.5 stars
Cross Of Iron - 3.5 stars
The Killer Elite - 2.5 stars
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ride the High Country - 3.5 stars
Wild Bunch, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid - 3.5 stars
The Wild Bunch - 3.5 stars
Cross Of Iron - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Killer Elite - 2.5 stars
The Osterman Weekend - 2.5 stars
Deadly Companions - 3.0 stars
Junior Bonner - 3.0 stars
Straw Dogs - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ben Johnson - 6 times - show films
Slim Pickens - 5 times - show films
Steve McQueen - 4 times - show films
Ali MacGraw - 4 times - show films
Warren Oates - 4 times - show films