Movie
The Spikes Gang
Overview
Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with stories of his exciting past. The adventurous tales inspire them to start a gang of their own. Failing at their first attempt to rob a bank, the boys convince the gruff Spikes to teach them the ways of the desperado.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-04-11
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Western, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Duo Productions, The Mirisch Company, Sanford Productions (III), United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lee Marvin as Harry Spikes
- Gary Grimes as Will
- Ron Howard as Les
- Charles Martin Smith as Tod
- Arthur Hunnicutt as Kid White
- Noah Beery Jr. as Basset
- Marc Smith as Abel Young
- Don Fellows as Cowboy
- Elliott Sullivan as Billy
Crew
- Richard Fleischer - Director
- Irving Ravetch - Screenplay
- Harriet Frank Jr. - Screenplay
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