Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
- underdog
- friendship
- bounty hunter
- robbery
- texas
- mexican revolution
- honor
- gang
- shootout
- soldier
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Warren Oates — Lyle Gorch
- Edmond O'Brien — Freddie Sykes
- Ben Johnson — Tector Gorch
- Albert Dekker — Pat Harrigan
- Strother Martin — Coffer
- Emilio Fernández — Gen. Mapache
- Fernando Wagner — Mohr
- Alfonso Arau — Herrera
- Chano Urueta — Don Jose
- Jorge Russek — Major Zamorra
- L.Q. Jones — T.C
- Directed
- Sam Peckinpah
- Written
- Sam Peckinpah, Roy N. Sickner, Walon Green
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 1,353 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
