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The Spikes Gang

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Will (Gary Grimes), Les (Ron Howard) and Tod (Charlie Martin Smith), teenage farm boys living near the Mexican border, stumble upon Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin), a local bandit near death in the middle of nowhere. After helping bring the aging man back to health, the trio decide to escape their humdrum lives by becoming outlaws themselves. Failing at their first attempt to rob a bank, the boys convince the gruff Spikes to teach them the ways of the desperado.

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Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press If you're a producer who gives [director Richard] Fleischer a turkey of a script, like The Last Run or The Don is Dead or The Spikes Gang, you should expect no miracles. Dec 13, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Marvin excels as the world-weary gunman, who realizes his time is almost up. Rated: B- Jan 10, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Leander S The movie is not that bad at all. The acting of the four main characters is quite convincing to me, maybe a little clumsy sometimes, but all in all ok. The movie also manages to reproduce the fate of the unlucky, naive and desperate kids in me. At least it was much more convincing to me than some of those Billy the Kid movies which completely fail to reproduce the feelings of despair these people must have had. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/24 Full Review Audience Member Good movie here thank you’ll like it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas September 16, 2023 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/17/23 Full Review Martin B Agree completely with the rating. All the acting is great but the plot is just an incredible bummer. Why?? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/10/22 Full Review Matthew D Action, humor, tragedy and even social-commentary, this movie has it all. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/04/21 Full Review Audience Member Not that interesting. Basic, standard storyline with no unexpected twists. Kind of just blah and then they all die tragically, pointlessly in the end. No redeaming quality and simply depressing. Much better westerns out there ans much better Lee Marven movies Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member good caper/heist film mixed with modern western Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Will (Gary Grimes), Les (Ron Howard) and Tod (Charlie Martin Smith), teenage farm boys living near the Mexican border, stumble upon Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin), a local bandit near death in the middle of nowhere. After helping bring the aging man back to health, the trio decide to escape their humdrum lives by becoming outlaws themselves. Failing at their first attempt to rob a bank, the boys convince the gruff Spikes to teach them the ways of the desperado.
Director
Richard Fleischer
Producer
Walter Mirisch, Richard Fleischer
Screenwriter
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Production Co
Mirisch Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2017
Runtime
1h 36m
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