The Wild Bunch | Final Shootout: Battle of Bloody Porch | Warner Classics

[@EC-mc7vg]

Gritty, dusty, sweaty, dirty and bloody, this movie made an impact on me more than 45 years ago when I first watched it. It was so rough, raw and brutal it seemed realistic and it worked. The cast was PACKED with great actors as well. The final shootout scene brought an epic end to the story of four villains/heroes who in the end went out in a blaze of glory attempting to do what was right.

[@BigDom61]

@@EC-mc7vg they were like anti hero cowboys excellent

[@mbeenz]

HELL YA! THE GREATEST EVER! !

[@thomasfleischer83]

Nothing and no one will ever surpass this unbelievable legendary ending. One of my alltime faves. RIP William, Ernest, Warren, Ben.

[@filmfacts2]

And RIP good old Sam P.

[@djamelbouch3670]

Rip Robert Ryan ​@@filmfacts2

[@kemouse]

Yeah they all had good roles even in other things. Ben Johnson was a guy you'd want to be like.

[@mbeenz]

Sir YES SIR! The Worlds GREATEST WESTERN IN MY BOOK!

[@Spirit-Soldier2026]

I think we can all imagine what the composition of the 2024 “Wild Bunch” would look like….🙄😞

[@kevinnelson3525]

They don't make em like this anymore. What a great ensemble of actors. My favorite western. Real men.

[@fontenoyjoe]

We'll never see their like again.

[@GlennGreene-ht8qs]

Real men -why ? Because they were in a movie-you know it wasn't real and nobody really died-right? They weren't real bullets.

[@omegadestroyerofworlds9784]

And there is a comment from some weak beta male trying his best to be hard.

[@MrAstinmartin]

William Holden , excellent actor, never gave up in this scene

[@MrAstinmartin]

@@GlennGreene-ht8qs , Holden in real life was a stand up guy

[@derrickwilson6117]

Hands down, The Wild Bunch and Tombstone are the greatest Westerns ever made in the United States and the world! William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Warren Oates and Ben Johnson rocked in the Wild Bunch! This was a great adventure about loyalty and brotherhood! Truly a dynamite flick! For young viewers who love Westerns and never saw the Wild Bunch, I urge you to see it! In addition to the film showing the greatest gun battle of all time, it was also the first movie of that era that realistically depicted how bloody a gun battle of that nature could be... courtesy of its director, the great Sam Peckinpah. What an awesome movie!

[@Spirit-Soldier2026]

The greatest movie shootout of ALL time! It will NEVER be surpassed! Especially not in this day and age.

[@mikidimitrijevic2702]

Absolutely agree! Regard

[@nelsonsack2694]

@@mikidimitrijevic2702 This scene was actually edited. It's even more bloodshed in the original

[@covertops19Z]

This flick is tied with LONESOME DOVE the mini-series as my Fav western. I saw it the day it debuted in 69, shortly before I left for Navy boot camp. I watch it several times a year. Its still solid all these years later. ❤❤😊

[@williamnelson9332]

Forsure

[@thomasreed49]

Men were men then.

[@franciscoj.figueroarivera8337]

One of the most memorable scenes in cinema history. Sam Peckinpa's direction is impeccable. Him along with Ford, Hawks, Sturgess, Mann, Corbucci, and Leone are the masters of the western movie genre

[@billybupkis3688]

Ever since Shane I've been a huge Ben Johnson fan. He was the real deal. Wrangler turned extra that got an Oscar. And don't get me started on Warren, William and Ernie. What a foursome.

[@fontenoyjoe]

@@billybupkis3688 He was great in Major Dundee and Red Dawn

[@Dai-Verse-IT]

You forgot Robert Ryan.

[@teessideman.8253]

👏👏

[@richardwhite3924]

Ben Johnson was my uncle. His ranch in Oklahoma was like a second home to myself and my brother.

[@chriswhite6610]

I always think he must have starred in more famous western,s than any one, this all the John Ford one,s and my favourite Shane to name but a few.

[@Lamporre]

This scene hits harder than anything in John Wick or its sequels or any other modern action franchise I can think of. This is a movie which knows that violence and shootouts aren’t fun. They’re terrifying and chaotic, and nobody comes out unscathed. This film is still shocking because it didn’t treat violence like a joke or something easy.

[@azohundred1353]

Sam Peckinpah deserves credit for popularizing the slow-motion shootout.

[@dzatochnik]

He was one of few movie directors who did it right. Slow-mo shouldn't be in every scene, every frame. That's spice, not a main dish.

[@peterhobday]

What are you talking about? More than 100 people were killed. They are still talking about it. Horrendous.

[@donarthiazi2443]

​@@peterhobday Your comment makes no sense whatsoever.

[@nellyprice]

Cross of Iron nicely used it too

[@alexmay3659]

​@@nellypriceunderrated movie right there!!

[@pennyking3823]

A lot of people never ralized what a fine dramatic actor Ernest Borgnine was

[@Riskmangler]

He received an Oscar for Marty (1956), which was a dramatic role. I think his dramatic capabilities were pretty well known.

[@jensmunch-wz1qu]

Snake, he was the cabbie driver. WOW

[@Roblambertbooks]

He showed how versatile he was in the TV series Airwolf

[@donarthiazi2443]

@@pennyking3823 HaHaHa... of course people don't realize he was a fine dramatic actor. He only won the _Best Actor_ award. And from the Brits a BAFTA for _Best foreign actor._ And three _Emmys._ And a _Lifetime Achievement_ award. And is inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame. Why would anybody give him a second thought? 🙄🙄

[@jimmyjam4371]

His role as “Cabbie” in Escape from New York was superb.

[@FredRoberts-w7c]

John Ford elevated the western genre from two reel B movies when he made the great Stagecoach in 1939; thirty years later, Sam Pekinpah reinterpreted the genre in another masterpiece.

[@Madbandit77]

I love both films.

[@howardhughes7596]

I took my very first ever date to see this movie. This is in rural Indiana, and we had never seen anything like that before. And I can’t remember our reaction to the film, but we were privileged to see on the big screen one of the best westerns ever made - one of the best films ever made.

[@ricardolorrio8228]

I am jealous...

[@Uswesi1527]

I saw that movie back in 1970 . The best western ever . William Holden , undoubtedly, but, definitely, set the highest standard.

[@bloodyspartan300]

Alvarez Kelly, rarely does he disappoint, nor Ernest.

[@Johnny-rj6ou]

100 percent

[@alejandro954]

Irónicamente, la estrella de William Holden, estaba apagándose. A partir de allí solo tuvo un trabajo importante en la película " Network". Sus problemas con el alcohol, terminaron de sacarlo de la vida.

[@manuelalberto3024]

There has never been that can match this shootout in a movie. This is shootout is beyond comparison.

[@doublep1980]

John Woo's "Hard Boiled", hospital shoot out. Enough said.

[@donarthiazi2443]

Never been crazy about _Rambo_ but the 50cal destruction in Burma was pretty close to this... _but not quite as good_ imo.

[@argus42]

see vera cruz with lanchester and g.cooper similar ending a lot of bodies

[@drkeastman420]

Heat

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

​@@drkeastman420The Bank Robbery turned the shootout in LA Heat, The greatest hit movie ever made by Michael Mann featuring Robert De Niro & Al Pacino & my favorite gun is the CAR-15 & FN FNC

[@mountaininfidel2060]

Golden age of Movies and will never be done again.

[@bloodyspartan300]

They, they, they. Who the Hell is they?

[@kelman438]

Can you imagine making a movie like this these days? I cant, this can never be topped, and i never want to see them do a remake

[@dp-sr1fd]

Same here, this film would never be made now for so many reasons.

[@Shadowkey392]

@@dp-sr1fdummm…yes it would.

[@SEPK09]

Agree silly CGi garbage those were the days :)

[@johnLee-qm7pm]

The same as that ruined the Magnificent Seven. This a a classic movie and should never be destroyed by the woke of Hollywood

[@Commanderziff]

There's this director named 'Quentin Tarantino' you guys might want to look up. He's a bit obscure, but you might like it.

[@michaellazzeri2069]

My #1 film of all-time ! It never grows old & the story of loyalty among men is timeless. And, what a cast : 6 Oscar winners / nominees : Holden ---------Borgnine -----O'Brien-------Ryan--------Oates & Johnson. Hard to believe both Lee Marvin & Jack Palance passed on playing Pike Bishop & Dutch Engstrom, but they did. ------Hands-down, this is THE Western for all-time., & Sam Peckinpah's finest moment. -------------MJL, 77 y/o

[@mikedakin2016]

My friend and I grew up together from being boys until we became old men We watched this film together many times while drinking beer and whisky . He is dead now and I miss him terribly . This is for you old pal.

[@juanmonge7418]

These movies are like old friends. They bring back great memories.

[@rosselliswilkinson]

One of the finest films ever made

[@indewire]

One of the best 8 min in western movies like ever!

[@starpaladin2287]

Four men, marching off to who knows what motivated by the words "Let's go" and the prospect of helping their friend Angel no matter what. Say what you will about Peckinpah but nobody directed action scenes like he did! First time I watched this was with my dad at age 6, I'm 24 now

[@jeffreyevans6892]

Saw it at the movies when it came out in 1969 I was 14. My dad had to be with me. Still a classic.

[@mitchelnorton2692]

Lucky bastard (said with a smile😊).

[@donarthiazi2443]

That would probably put your dad in his mid-thirties which means he was born in the mid-thirties. The gentleman would be around ≈90 years old these days. I sincerely hope he's still with you and is able to watch this incredible scene and recapture at least a tiny bit of that day. 👍

[@jeffreyevans6892]

@@donarthiazi2443 Born in 1924-2010 WWII vet Great dad, I think of him everyday.

[@donarthiazi2443]

@@jeffreyevans6892 I definitely know what you mean. No matter how old we are it's still a bad feeling to be an orphan

[@Chris-s4i]

Dude, I had to see it WITHOUT my dad. He was really unimpressed with its AO rating. Still one of my fave films.

[@erickanter]

One of the greatest pieces of American cinema ever made. Don't even think of remaking this masterpiece. To this day the ending has not been topped.

[@MrCarpen7er]

It´s going to be remade...

[@MarkElijio-u5x]

@@MrCarpen7er Stop jokin' around, eh?

[@kennethmacdonald8561]

My favorite western ever even though tool place in 1913. Maybe my top 5 movie of all time. Unbelievable casting. These were real men. No Brad Pitts or heartthrobs here. Nothing digital

[@dennismiddlebrooks7027]

Actually it takes place around 1915 since Pike refers to WWI at one point.

[@andaorevienta6357]

This is the best scene of this fantastic movie. "¿What do you want?". "We want Ángel". Y ya está. P.D. It's missing a scene where the girl shoots Pike in the back, in the room with the mirror. Warner Bros. doesn't want to show girls doing that, but we all do remember it. And there is another where one of the Gorch brothers shoot a girl in the confusion in the room in the dark.

[@denisuhl8242]

And if memory serves, Pike turns and says "you bitch" then shoots her.

[@filmfacts2]

I think Pike's answer wasn't very nice

[@denisuhl8242]

@@filmfacts2 Granted. I was 21 when I saw this in '69. It was the first time that I had heard the "B" word used in a film. That's why this sequence stuck with me and considering the amount of violence in this film, then perhaps Pikes' comment was apropos.

[@andaorevienta6357]

@@filmfacts2 Yes.

[@christinastael]

@@denisuhl8242 The girl shot Pike at the back, after he forgave her life. Pike reacts after being shot, realizing he´s been fooled. That´s why he said "Bitch!" before killing her. It perfectly makes sense dramatically.

[@JimNobles-gv4ky]

When you’re old and life isn’t any fun anymore this is how you go out

[@Eduardo_Alva_Peru]

ahahah yes!

[@רונןרזיאל-נ4ח]

הכי טוב ככה לסיים את תחלואי הזיקנה

[@BigDom61]

An absolute classic I never get sick of watching this film

[@luisbustamante9869]

It makes me utterly sick but it's great cinema and shows the obscenity of war in forensic detail.

[@BigDom61]

@@luisbustamante9869 Especially for when it was made it was extremely violent

[@luisbustamante9869]

@@BigDom61 It was suggested that it was Peckinpah's comment on the Vietnam war. Now, after seeing the real-time images from Gaza it acquires a much more shocking meaning.

[@anthonydoyle7370]

@@BigDom61 There were some epic movies made around the same time. Soldier Blue being one of them and Butch and Sundance another.

[@BigDom61]

@@anthonydoyle7370 Was soldier blue about the native Americans??

[@jimtabor180]

No words spoken. They came out, they looked at him -- it was time to roll.

[@filmfacts2]

"C'mon you lazy bastard" was a running gag in the movie

[@andaorevienta6357]

@@filmfacts2 And "Let's go!". This movie is the loyalty until the end.

[@hawkeyepierce59]

True.Sam P.was The Master

[@gurujr]

There will never be another Wild Bunch. Oh Lordee. Back in the day this movie was rated X I believe.

[@GonzaloTunes2024]

No, This is Movie in 1969 is "Rated R"

[@pm6693]

I saw this in the UK in 1969 (snuck off work to do so) and I'm pretty sure that over here at the time they were still using the X certificate to signify it was Adults Only admittance. More than 50 years ago and it's still my favourite western. Even bought the DVD years later.

[@mbeenz]

It WAS RATED X IN THE BEGINNING! It Had to be toned Down to be Released to Theaters! Read that in the LA times!

[@jacobantony9033]

Crazy to think this was considered too violent in 1969, and they tried to get Sam Peckinpah to change it, and when he wouldn't, it derailed his career.

[@ogeorge1111]

Nonsense.

[@Talisguy]

The film _launched_ his career. He moved from an up-and-coming filmmaker to one of the most respected directors of the 70s. His career stalled in the 80s.

[@michaelwatson2564]

William Holden,Ernest Borgnine,Warren Oates and Ben Johnson Classic movie star...they just don't make them like them any more Awesome Classic movie

[@dennismiddlebrooks7027]

Don't forget the great Robert Ryan!

[@Heisenberg-to4bq]

Best western ever made, I first watched this when I was a kid growing up, it's my bench mark for what a proper western should be.

[@urosmarjanovic663]

Unforgiven is also up there...

[@jerryblair4106]

One the great westerns of its era excellent cast, Warren Oats,BenJohnson,many other great actors.

[@marcelogartner9450]

I watched this movie in the eighties. I was around 16! Iwas astounded and haven't stopped being so up today. The actors! The weapons! My goodness ... One of the last westerns. Touching and beautiful.

[@vdx8888]

I loved this movie because of Borgnine's portrayal of his character. It reminded me of his commercials he starred in for the "Post Office". They would all have him engaged in some serious street brawls. He is punching, throwing folks and in general cleaning house. When in the middle of the scene, he would stop fighting. Guy at his feet almost knocked out, bloodied, battered and exhausted. When Borgnine would say something like this; "After something as strenuous as this the only thing that soothes my nerves, is to work on my stamp collection". Then he would pull the stamp of the month from his pocket and display it for all to see. Then some voice over would say something like "Even tough guys collect stamps. Those commercials just broke me up.

[@miked6335]

Geez, I don't remember that. But I just found it on KZbin. Thanks!

[@andytarrant959]

Easily one of the top 3 western movies of all time. Set in one of the most interesting time periods of America & Mexico.

[@Jones-xx2gc]

What a shoot out. Sam Peckinpah, what a legend.

[@danpastor7116]

Not only is it the best western of all time, but one of the top five films. "I wouldn't have it any other way."

[@Perebynis]

"Bloody Sam´s" masterpiece. Truly the end of an era: Letting your heroes go down in a hail of bullets.

[@mkaye818]

one of the greatest sequences in all of cinema. on every level - technically, empotionally. the sheer brilliance of its conception and execution of all involved.

[@HonestJohnstories-lv7sb]

I saw this wonderful (classic) Western in Amsterdam one afternoon just after the film's release. There was one other person present in the cinema!

[@atheistcory4174]

I first saw this on a black and white portable TV in 1979 and was blown away. That's the power of this movie. I have since seen it on the big screen and many times on my surround sound system. I will always love this movie as it continues to surpass almost every action movie made in its wake.

[@MarkEljiio]

By 1979, audiences were watching the Oscar nominated "The Wild Bunch" on syndication or even on HD too. That's the real power of this movie!

[@SuperRedhead1988]

I never get tired of watching this film. A true masterpiece in every sense of the word.

[@severianxi6990]

one of the best westerns ever made.. still holds .. and will always hold

[@derrickwilson6117]

It's odd how most young Western buffs haven't seen or heard of this masterpiece. The Wild Bunch was the first western of it's kind featuring great actors, and Tombstone was next.

[@richardharrison1910]

Jesus, some of the best editing I've ever seen! What an ending!!!!!!

[@JoeMoore-i5w]

I will never get tired of watching the Wild Bunch what a classic movie and it was during a time and year 1969 when all the good movies of that year was westerns

[@ohlordherewegoagain]

Most say the best Western ever was " the good the bad & the ugly " the magnificent seven " etc 😊 .. this was it hands down. Definitely the best shootout 😮

[@nrgmstr27to]

I was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio in 1969 when this first came out. The way the theater was set up I was able to watch it several times just by walking back in. Amazing movie!

[@MassimoTofani-o1k]

IL più bel western di tutti i tempi..un western crepuscolare.... Crudo e violento ...ma con un risvolto finale sull'amicizia stupendo... Un film cult che non ti stanchi mai di vedere... Un cast di attori stellari, la regia del grande Sam Pechinpah.. buona serata a tutti

[@jugglingbeast]

The film was too good for an Oscar

[@obsessedwithcrypto4366]

This movie was ahead of it’s time but it’s not dated in fact it’s more bloody than modern movies . Great actors great performances and amazing music

[@shawnkristoferu8303]

I would say the best Western ever. Fantastic story, great acting particularly Holden who should have got an Oscar for this role & Sunset BLVD,

[@brianlanglois4086]

I saw this in theaters when it came out, this was in the days before video recording. I sat through it twice that night and went back five more times over several weeks. To this day it is still my favorite western shoot out movie. I have seen it over fifty times and have a copy on DVD. They died with a lot of class.

[@nehemiahbriseneau8726]

The Director, cast, story, just everything was on point. Peak Cinema right here imo.

[@larry1824]

Greatest action sequence of all time. No chi green screen junk So real you almost feel the machine gun is firing at you. Then that awful creepy silence

[@donpmc]

" Come on, you lazy bastard!"

Correction, Come on you lazy bastards"

[@donpmc]

Thank you.

[@jeremycrisp4488]

I'm comin dammit!

[@alanbeckham9093]

The GREAT Sam Peckinpah!

[@ricardolorrio8228]

I wrote a short story about a Vietnam Vet, who returns home after his service and goes and sees this film, and has a cathartic episode on seeing it... as did I have, when watching this when I had cancer....

[@bobbickley9009]

A Masterpiece.......well done Sam.!

[@dmk7700]

My second favorite western next to Magnificent 7

[@JoeTaclas-cc3rw]

Admire peckinpah's version of what real men are like!

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

¡Que CHINGONADA de pelicula! Peckinpaw, uno de los Maestros...

[@Nicholas-ok9no]

One of the top five Westerns of all time. Old guys rule!

[@djm58sk]

The best Western ever made, and maybe the last one that needed to be made.

[@paulsutterlin6536]

My all time favourite western , remember going to the cinema to watch it and the bridge scene blowing up in slow motion was a fantastic shot along with the ending , great stars , great performances, great director Sam Peckinpah and a great film 👏👏👏👏

[@scotty5717]

Just dont make movies like this anymore,but then again,we dont get actors like this to make them like this now either

[@michaellarkin7853]

possibly the best western ever .. ?

[@KevPage-Witkicker]

"Let's go," - the two most loaded (in every way) words in cinema history.

[@genekeller3186]

One of my favorite movies of all times & the 4 actors in this movie are from a great generation

[@matthewortiz7223]

Now these were great actors

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant and Violently Beautiful!!!

[@rickynorwood7229]

One of the best westerns ever made with arguably the best scene.

[@jameskennedy6982]

Absolutely my most favorite movie of all time!

[@MrRhmccabe]

....I saw this movie the day it came out in a theatre in Brooklyn and and I am still blown away.

[@nikfauser7898]

Watched this film on VHS with my granddad in the early 80s. It changed my life. Maybe I was a bit too young to watch it haha.

[@delgadogarces]

Badass Director, Badass Story, Badass Music, Badass team of legends!!!!! Badass ending.

[@charliebronson1274]

We need this in 4k. Come on Warner Brothers!!!

[@jeffreyking279]

Greatest Western ever made!

[@donarthiazi2443]

One of the greatest Westerns ever made. There, fixed it for you 👍

[@ScottCourtney-Deal]

The best editing in a film full stop.

[@ghisellisandra5011]

Des malfrats fantastiques qui finissent en gentlemans ...des acteurs hors normes.❤❤❤

[@alexlanderblaza9045]

William Holden,Ernest B0rgnine,Warren Oates & Ben J0hns0n..👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩🤩⭐⭐🤩⭐👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩 "Wild Bunch"..

[@darrylwiggins4799]

Critics at the time complained about this scene,but if not for it,the bank escape in Michael Mann's Heat would have never happened.

[@northernpaladin66]

Probably the greatest set pie e ever filmed

[@MarkEljiio]

Academy Award winners Edward Carrere was the art director and George James Hopkins was the set decorator where "The Wild Bunch" was filmed and shot at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California and most of them were shot in Mexico.

[@John-st5gw]

One of the best westerns.

[@johnconnolly8582]

One of the best westerns ever made.

[@jamesnash6882]

One of my best films

[@markymark3572]

Sam Penkinpah, one of the all-time greats, & with his own unique vision of the western genre.

[@shaunjenkinson5089]

Still stunning

[@ANProductionsOfficialChannel]

"Let's go." Ahhh! I get chills every damned time!!!

[@marcuscofield2089]

One of my favorite movies of all time Ernest borgnine wonderful actor he was..🤠🤠🤠

[@juanthorndikevaldez4318]

Best and bloodiest western of all time 👏👏👏

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

Better than any scene in recent memory.

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

There was talk of it around twenty years ago and have Will Smith in it and change the setting from The Mrxican Revolution to modern day Mexico and the Wild Bunch were drug dealers!! Luckily Warner Brothers Aborted It Before It Came To Reality!! Three Movies That Should Never Remade; Casablanca The Searchers The Wild Bunch.😢😮😅

[@erickanter]

@@JohnPatterson-kz8jr Amen

[@royprovins7037]

@@JohnPatterson-kz8jr Yep no way to remake the searchers without messing it up

[@johnmule9419]

This movie is a masterpiece of violence by Mr. Peckinpah...cannot be duplicated...

[@razorshark9320]

The late John Wayne hated this film because to him it was too bloody, grim, and it killed the west. This film has its flaws, but I just love this film. These four outlaws could win the Alamo.

[@franciscogarcia3031]

What the Alamo the Alamo was a joke every single man in the Alamo was wanted some in Tennessee some in Mississippi because in Mexico when tejas was Mexico they hide from the law off not the United states but the thirteen colonies learn history in USA doesn’t want his people to learn the truth because they are lairs they never fulfilled their promises or pact’s 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@spenceralbin344]

wiliam holden was best actor of all time

[@TFoBC_Official]

Classic sound effects… music to my ears! Yeah, I get that EVERYONE hears them all the time, but to me, they’re timeless!

[@timhall3575]

Growing up in the 70s and early 80s one heard a lot about this scene long before it was freely available to view on VHS then DVD or whatever. It was discussed, often in derogatory terms, regarding the descent of cinema into voyeuristic, gratuitous, meaningless violence... Well that's clearly bollocks spouted by ignorant fools who've never even seen this masterpiece. Absolute perfection.... My God...

[@92376]

Sam Peckinpah’s masterpiece, reinterpreting the western genre that John Ford created with Stagecoach in 1939.

[@tonygrant06]

2nd best western ever and the music is haunting four great legend actors wish we had that type today.