Sam Peckinpah 6 pictures

Writer, Director, Producer
"If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael. That exploding bottle also christened the director with the ...

Born: February 21, 1925
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Known for: The Wild Bunch (1969), Straw Dogs (1971), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), Straw Dogs (2011)
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