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

The Wild Bunch go to Mapache's headquarters to rescue Angel resulting in a bloody shootout.
About The Wild Bunch (1969):
The master of the American western, Sam Peckinpah, directs a stellar cast in The Wild Bunch, a controversial film that breathed new life into the genre and broke ground in the realistic portrayal of screen violence.
Receiving two Academy Award nominations, this bitter, brutal story of magnificent losers in a dying West remains one of the screen's all-time classics. An explosive adventure drama about the last of the legendary lawless breed who lived to kill-and killed to live.
The impeccable cast includes William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien. Warren Oates and Ben Johnson.
Selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 100 greatest American Films of all time, The Wild Bunch was also inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
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[@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….🙄😞

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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??

[@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

[@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.

[@mountaininfidel2060]

Golden age of Movies and will never be done again.

[@user-ls9oz6ch8x]

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.

[@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.

[@Uswesi1527]

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

[@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

[@rosselliswilkinson]

One of the finest films ever made

[@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...

[@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.

[@donpmc]

" Come on, you lazy bastard!"

Correction, Come on you lazy bastards"

[@donpmc]

Thank you.

[@jeremycrisp4488]

I'm comin dammit!

[@dmk7700]

My second favorite western next to Magnificent 7

[@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!

[@kevinnelson3525]

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

[@rboltt]

Thumbs down because the battle sequence is cut. What’s the point of showing it without showing all of it?👎👎

[@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.

[@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

[@gurujr]

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

[@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!

[@user-zs4wc8qd9p]

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

[@JimNobles-gv4ky]

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

[@matthewortiz7223]

Now these were 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.

[@alanbeckham9093]

The GREAT Sam Peckinpah!

[@jameskennedy6982]

Absolutely my most favorite movie of all time!

[@andytarrant959]

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

[@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,

[@phineascromwell]

👎👎👎They cut out the part where the woman shoots Pike in the back

[@garyspence2128]

Why? That's a great part of the entire chaos of the scene. But they did show Dutch using the woman as a human shield, which is totally shocking...yet fitting.

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

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

[@juanthorndikevaldez4318]

Best and bloodiest western of all time 👏👏👏

[@piotrgancewski3275]

Reżyser filmu, Sam Peckinpah 💪💪💪 I jego " balety śmierci " . Klasyka westernu , w najwyższym wydaniu. Montaż i choreografia finałowej sceny robi wrażenie jeszcze dziś, ponad 50 lat po premierze👍👌 Pewnie Stallone oglądał ten film. Inspiracja ? - Scena z " koszeniem " Birmańskich żołnierzy ( finałowa scena z filmu " John Rambo " )

[@alexlanderblaza9045]

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

[@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.

[@orlandomonge48]

Filme marcante do grande diretor Sam Peckinpah.

[@johnmule9419]

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

[@nehemiahbriseneau8726]

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

[@LastHussar1812]

Damn, they killed everybody. They even killed El Guapo: 4:27

[@seanoreiley48]

Would you say there was a plethora of deaths???

[@LastHussar1812]

@@seanoreiley48 Oh yes, you have a plethora!

[@rickynorwood7229]

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

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant and Violently Beautiful!!!

[@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

[@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

[@marcuscofield2089]

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

[@jeffreyking279]

Greatest Western ever made!

[@donarthiazi2443]

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

[@philippehalbert2902]

not complete scene but still a MASTERPIECE.

[@user-eh4qw7go6s]

This needs to be released on 4K UHD along with Bonnie and Clyde. Come on Warner, make it happen or license them out to Criterion!

[@user-pb6jr6lo9z]

The best editing in a film full stop.

[@roberthayes9842]

Still stands up as one of the greats

[@northernpaladin66]

Probably the greatest set pie e ever filmed

[@jamesberry1145]

Real men , not pretty boys playing tough the best film forever classic 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@genivaljesuz8948]

Um dos melhores filmes faroeste que já assistir, gostaria de assisti-lo novamente mas não me lembrava do nome e nem do elenco

[@kent7455]

The wild bunch

[@user-ff4lr2jj5r]

Everyone did such a fine job acting but boy, that ernest borgnine...what an actor!

[@williamking1554]

fantastic movie the best western ever made with a brilliant cast and story i love it

[@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.

[@will-i-am-not]

Amazing how many bullets in that machine gun belt 🤣🤣🤣

[@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

[@cristianandersen5971]

Amazing movies ! We will never see making movies like these !!🎉😢 Cristian

[@ahcariel]

That drum roll... and the look of those women with their childs as if they've seen it all before: Death is a way of life.

[@user-xs1yx9tc9m]

From when I was younger, I always liked these 'western' movies set in the early 20th century. I think it was a theme of them to show the changing times, and face of the USA etc. how the 'wild west' was becoming 'tamed' and civilization and conformity were taking over. Adrian: UK/England

[@scotty5717]

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

[@micheleguerrini127]

A Masterpiece

[@carloslandin2553]

The best cowboy movie ..period most real gritty in your face no pretend actors were excellent!!

[@joegodbout830]

What present day 4 actors could pull this off today with the same effect. Zip, most of them are 90lb. Weaklings now.

[@michaelalan1270]

best western ever

[@mancationadventuresusaedit3203]

Why did you cut out the scene where Pike shoots the girl who shot him in the back?

[@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 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@user-ys3gz1ps2l]

The best western

[@dicebed]

8:50 - Angel is dead - and the General is dead - but no one wants to fight - no one cared enough about El Jeffe to defend him - The Wild Bunch came for a fight to free Angel - but after Angel was dead - no one wanted to fight - but the Wild Bunch came for a fight - they are so steeped in violence, and so used to it - they simply cannot conceive of going out without one last battle - They are like old Vikings - they would rather die with a sword in their hand, fighting to the death - then waste away and die in old age -

[@FranciscoGon]

Buenísimo trabajo OBRA DE ARTE . EN las doce mejores .

[@walterruizchumpitaz1129]

No soy de esa generación pero es de mis western favoritos, admirable el trabajo de Sam Peckinpah.

[@user-sd5xe5dz2t]

Brilliant

[@exnihilo2601]

The whole freaking movie is absolutely brilliant but this last bit is something spectacular. A blood fueled violent orgy of death. I saw this film for the first time when it made an art house run long before Netflix and streaming were an option and was absolutely blown away. It's one of my favorites. Almost forgot. If you like Sam Peckinpah check out Ride the High country. It's one of his earlier films.

[@jay-zeelterbilinsky3977]

This film was a masterpiece

[@user-ed3nq5ci3e]

One of the greatest western ever

[@user-pu9vg7ep7m]

Increíble. 🤯 Despues de los años esta película aún es inmejorable.

[@genekeller3186]

One of my favorite movie shoot outs & the actors were great

[@glenbolderson9279]

Mexico is always fun.

[@deadhorse1391]

Good movie but had many firearm inaccuracies using guns that couldn’t have been used

[@jameshunt2541]

What a fantastic film they definitely dont make westerns like this anymore

[@travismclaurin9419]

Love the Warner Brothers Fanfare by Max Steiner.👍

[@shibbuyadav4851]

Marvellous movie of all time

[@markwatjana4727]

I just like this part of the scene of the movie great director and great actors

[@alfredbjornsson9205]

I think I saw this movie 10 times when it came out,,,,still my favorite western

[@vols4448]

Amazing optics. The machine gun had a thousand round belt, no civilian casualties and the friendly grenades killed six soldiers at a time. Enemy fratricide, bulletproof wooden tables, this movie had it all, LOL.

[@antonio_oliveira_wolski]

One the best shootout scene

[@user-vj5xb5bx1l]

OBRA MAESTRA!!!!

[@ALEXCH2020]

Queeeeeeeeeeeee. BIG Film. Y Ésa ** ESCENA ** DE MUERTE.!! MORTAL** 🐂🐂🐂🐂 DÉ ÉSA PELÍCULA 😮😅💪💪🇨🇱🐧🇨🇱🦋🇨🇱🐂💪

[@michaelwilson3077]

The Battle is there. You have to watch a commercial halfway through.

[@GeorgeMelvin-rc4sq]

saw this picture when it first came out still one of my favourites

[@bullfrommull]

The greatest western ever made.

[@JasonBourne19X]

Real classic!!!

[@andreluisfreitas435]

Épico!