Underplayed Gems

Wild Rovers (1971)

Wild Rovers poster
Directed by
Blake Edwards
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 10m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two cowboys, one old and one young, decide to rob a bank and go on the run. They face the consequences of their choice across the American West.

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What happens

Wild Rovers is a 1971 American Western film directed by Blake Edwards and starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal. Originally intended as a three-hour epic, it was heavily edited by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer without Edwards' knowledge, including a reversal of the ending from a negative one to a positive. Edwards disowned the finished film and later satirized his battle with the studio in his comedy S.O.B., which also starred Holden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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