The Wild bunch

1969 USA Color 142 Minutes

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Adventure in the wild bunch

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Photo of Ben Johnson

Within 27 days it would have been Ben Johnson`s (Tector Gorch) 90th birthday.
* June 13, 1918
† April 8, 1996

Trivia

Release date: June 18, 1969

The wild bunch used over 90,000 rounds of blank ammunition. “More than was used in the entire Mexican revolution” Warner publicity would later claim.Source / More (Book)

Lee Marvin almost played the lead, but he backed out when he was made a $1 million dollar offer to star in Paint your wagon.Source / More (Book)

The car the Mexican general is driving is a Stanley steamer.Source / More (Web)

The wild bunch is noted for making the use of slow motion shots in mainstream motion pictures acceptable.

In the early 20 century there was a real gang called The Wild Bunch which included Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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