Wild Rovers (1971)

  • PG
  • 06/23/1971 (US)
  • Action, Western
  • 2h 16m

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

Overview

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.

Blake Edwards

Director, Screenplay

Cast

William Holden's headshot

William Holden

Ross Bodine
Ryan O'Neal's headshot

Ryan O'Neal

Frank Post
Karl Malden's headshot

Karl Malden

Walter Buckman
Lynn Carlin's headshot

Lynn Carlin

Sada Billings
Tom Skerritt's headshot

Tom Skerritt

John Buckman
Joe Don Baker's headshot

Joe Don Baker

Paul Buckman
Geoffrey Edwards's headshot

Geoffrey Edwards

Attendant's Son
James Olson's headshot

James Olson

Joe Billings

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