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Wild Rovers 1971 Directed by Blake Edwards

They were damned good cowboys, until they robbed a bank.

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Action , Western
Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date 23 June 1971
136 mins
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William Holden Ross Bodine
Ryan O'Neal Frank Post
Karl Malden Walter Buckman
Lynn Carlin Sada Billings
Tom Skerritt John Buckman
Joe Don Baker Paul Buckman
Geoffrey Edwards Attendant's Son
James Olson Joe Billings
Leora Dana Nell Buckman
Sam Gilman Hansen
William Bryant Hereford
Jack Garner Cap Swilling
Caitlin Wyles Bodine's Girl
Mary Jackson Sada's Mother
Ed Bakey Gambler
Ted Gehring Tucson Sheriff
Alan Carney Palace Bartender
Ed Long Cassidy
Bob Beck Bathhouse Attendant
Herb Tanney Piano Player
Bruno VeSota Cantina Bartender
Dick Crockett Sheriff's Deputy
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