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Wild Rovers (1971)

136 min  -  Western  -   13 October 1971 (France)
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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... See full summary »

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Blake Edwards

Writer:

Blake Edwards
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
William Holden ...
Ross Bodine
Ryan O'Neal ...
Frank Post
Karl Malden ...
Walter Buckman
Lynn Carlin Lynn Carlin ...
Sada Billings
Tom Skerritt ...
John Buckman
Joe Don Baker ...
Paul Buckman
James Olson ...
Joe Billings
Leora Dana Leora Dana ...
Nell Buckman
Moses Gunn ...
Ben
Victor French Victor French ...
Sheriff
Rachel Roberts Rachel Roberts ...
Maybell
Sam Gilman Sam Gilman ...
Hansen
Charles H. Gray Charles H. Gray ...
Savage (as Charles Gray)
William Bryant William Bryant ...
Hereford
Jack Garner Jack Garner ...
Cap Swilling
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Storyline

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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Cowboy | Ranch | Card Playing | Ambush | On The Run  | See more »

Taglines:

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

Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Missouri See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Geoffrey Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (original U.S. theatrical release version)

Sound Mix:

Mono  | 6-Track Stereo

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1
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Quotes

Ross Bodine: You show me an old cowboy, a young cowboy or an in between cowboy with more than a few dollars in his poke and I'll show a cowboy that stopped being a cowboy and robbed banks.
Frank Post: Well, let's rob us a bank.
Ross Bodine: It'll be safer than getting married.
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Connections

Featured in The Moviemakers (1971) See more »

Soundtracks

"Ballad of the Wild Rovers"
(uncredited)
Written by Jerry Goldsmith
Sung by William Holden See more »