The Spikes Gang

PG

1974

1h 36m

Western

List

Reviews

47%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

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.

Read More

Read Less

Watch on Prime Video

Stream Now

Prime Video

Apple TV

Watch The Spikes Gang with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Apple TV, or buy on Apple TV.

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

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

Sandra S

A tale of three boys who went from living at home with a physical and emotional abuser of a father to following a hard core old bank robber. He exposes them to a life very different from their own. I would imagine that this lifestyle was part of many young mens lives back then.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/19

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Richard Fleischer

Director

Lee Marvin

Harry Spikes

Gary Grimes

Will

Ron Howard

Les

Charles Martin Smith

Tod

Arthur Hunnicutt

Kid White

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

View more photos

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

Most Popular at Home Now