Sam Peckinpah — Playwright (4)
Straw Dogs (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban NeoDB
Straw Dogs
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: Dustin Hoffman / Susan George
other title: Cane di paglia / Køterne
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: Warren Oates / Isela Vega
other title: Voglio la testa di Garcia / Bring mig Alfredo Garcias hoved
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
The Wild Bunch (1969) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
The Wild Bunch
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: William Holden / Ernest Borgnine
other title: Il mucchio selvaggio / Den vilde bande
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Noon Wine (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Noon Wine
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: Jason Robards / Olivia de Havilland
A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Katherine Anne Porter novel for ABC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for ABC Stage 67, premiering on Nov. 23, 1966.