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23/06/1971 Action, Western 2h 16m
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They were damned good cowboys, until they robbed a bank.

Overview

Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.

  1. Blake Edwards

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. William Holden

    Ross Bodine

  2. Ryan O'Neal

    Frank Post

  3. Karl Malden

    Walter Buckman

  4. Lynn Carlin

    Sada Billings

  5. Tom Skerritt

    John Buckman

  6. Joe Don Baker

    Paul Buckman

  7. Geoffrey Edwards

    Attendant's Son

  8. James Olson

    Joe Billings

  9. Leora Dana

    Nell Buckman

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2016-01-25
A reflective gem of an Oater.

Wild Rovers is written and directed by Blake Edwards. It stars William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden, Joe Don Baker, Tom Skeritt and James Olsen. Music is scored by Jerry Goldsmith and the Panavision/Metrocolor cinematography is by Philip Lathrop.

It's a Western that not only was butchered by cretinous execs at MGM, but has also proved to be divisive among the Western faithful - those that have seen the now thankfully available un-butchered version that is. Wild Rovers is one of those Oaters that is very much concerned with the changing of the West, whe...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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