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The Wild Bunch [Blu-ray]

William Holden (Actor), Ernest Borgnine (Actor), Sam Peckinpah (Director) Rated:
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4.6 out of 5 stars 3,702 ratings
IMDb7.9/10.0
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Genre Westerns
Format Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, NTSC, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Director's Cut, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby See more
Contributor Emilio Fernandez, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson, Strother Martin, Robert Ryan, Warren Oates, Sam Peckinpah, Ernest Borgnine, Jaime Sanchez, William Holden See more
Language English, French, Spanish
Runtime 2 hours and 25 minutes

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Director Sam Peckinpah's film The Wild Bunch is a powerful tale of hang-dog desperados bound by a code of honor. It is said that The Wild Bunch rates as one of the all-time greatest Westerns, perhaps one of the greatest of all films

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3350318
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Sam Peckinpah
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, NTSC, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Director's Cut, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 25 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 25, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French (Dolby Digital 4.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Studio Distribution Services
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000Q6GX90
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 3,702 ratings

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~ The Wild Bunch gets a beautiful treatment on HD ! ~
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~ The Wild Bunch gets a beautiful treatment on HD ! ~
This is a fabulous western movie and deserves to be in the top 5 of all time for the genre! It's about a gang of thieves going after the Railroad and turns into a small war with the Mexican army as they get out of the states and into Mexico. With the "leader" of the Railroad wanting the "bunch" caught, he hires a band of misfits that include Robert Ryan as their leader. They stop at nothing to catch "Holden" and his "Wild Bunch", even as "Holden's" character tries his very best to elude that of even the US Army, of which they just stole a trainload of weapons to use for trade with the Mexican General. It's a violent movie with lots of shooting and people getting shot. Some "tame" nudity also, and I say tame compared to today's 2016 standards. The "good guy" here is that of Robert Ryan who tries to lead his misfit bunch to stop William Holden and his "Wild Bunch". Huge all star cast for the time period and they are all male actors. I didn't recognize a single woman actress in this picture. I think Sam, the Director, did a great job on this movie and it shows for the most part. For me, there are a few other westerns that are better than this one, "The Magnificent Seven", "The Outlaw Josey Wales", "High Plains Drifter", "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly", "The Searchers", "The Undefeated", "Once Upon A Time in the West", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Just my opinion. There are many, many others that are good as well. This Blu-ray edition looks just beautiful! It has some really good features as well! I have taken a picture of the Blu-ray menu to add to my review. Recommended, but not for kids.
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  • Karen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Movie
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2025
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    My boyfriend loved it
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  • robin friedman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Watching The Wild Bunch During The Pandemic
    Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2020
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    For the past few years, I have been interested in Western novels and films and am using the mandated time staying home to watch Westerns I haven't seen before. I am more interested in the earlier Westerns from before the time the genre fell out of favor. But I greatly enjoyed to see this famous "revisionist" Western from 1969, directed by Samuel Peckinpah, "The Wild Bunch", Although still controversial, "The Wild Bunch" is on virtually every list of top Westerns and top films. It is on the National Film Registry selected by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant."

    The film includes a large cast of outstanding, aging actors headed by William Holden as Pike and Ernest Borgnine as Dutch, the leaders of the wild bunch, a small violent, tightly-bonded group of aging outlaws. The film is set in 1913 at the outset of the Great War and opens in a small town in southern Texas, but most of the film takes place in Mexico and was filmed on-site.

    The film depicts the tired outlaws at the end of their careers after a life of crime and the rise of a more technologically advanced society with automobiles and dreadful sophisticated weaponry, among other things. The small aging band is looking for its last main chance. After a disaster in Texas it tries its luck in Mexico which is in the middle of its own internal war.

    The film is extraordinary in many ways in addition to its realism and its harsh portrait of the West. With all of the this revisionism, it is difficult not to feel for the outlaws with their camaraderie, toughness, and persistence. The acting is convincing throughout, from the gang members through the soldiers and leaders of the Mexican army, to a pursuing posse, and through the many Mexican women. The movie features a train robbery and a blowing-up of a bridge. These are staples of Westerns but they are handled in this movie with unusual tension and depth. The film includes a wonderfully apt musical score. But it is primarily known for its cinematography and for the many innovations it introduced in pacing and scoping.

    The film is brutally violent particularly in its opening and closing gunfights, that continues to make many viewers uncomfortable. The level of violence may have been meant as a commentary on the Vietnam War which was raging at the time. I found it fit within the theme of the film and enhanced the view of the West and the story the film had to tell.

    This film portrayed a way of life that vanished, for well or ill. With all the brutality and violence of the outlaws, they tried to live honorably among themselves and to have a life of adventure and toughness rather than routine.

    I found it a more than rewarding use of my stay-home time to watch this film, which deserves its reputation as a classic.

    Robin Friedman
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  • George Williams
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Cowboy is Dead
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2025
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    American western classic about when Western cowboys died as a film genre.
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  • James P Ross
    4.0 out of 5 stars Wild bunch
    Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2025
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    Great movie
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  • Debra Deering
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wild Bunch.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2025
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    Got this dvd for my husband and he loves it. Good as described. Quick delivery would buy from this seller again
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  • Rob B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic
    Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2024
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    Every once in a while I like to revisit a movie I consider a classic. The Wild Bunch is definitely one of those. It was one of, if not THE first westerns to be gritty and hyper violent. It kind of ended the innocence of the genre of the 40s 50s and 60s. Where all the characters were clean cut, wore pristine clothes and had gorgeous horses and tack. The Wild Bunch has none of those qualities and I consider it fairly accurate other than a slightly implausible story line. If realism, accurate hardware and costumes, great sets and an incredible cast are your thing, this will fit the bill.
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  • A.D.Rackley
    5.0 out of 5 stars My second favorite western of all time.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2024
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    Sam Peckinpah, known for his gritty in your face action style, turned out a tour de force western offering in making The Wild Bunch. This movie, in my estimation, is hands down one of the greatest ever made and the director's cut is the best way to watch. It is the epitome of sacrifice in the vein of no man left behind and the spirit of brotherhood. It was my number one favorite of all time...until that pesky Doc Holliday came along played by the genius Val Kilmer in Tombstone. Folks, if you are into the western genre, PLEASE see The Wild Bunch. You'll thank me for the suggestion. One favor? Try your best to remain seated as the last sequence unfolds. If you don't find yourself standing at its end with fists clenched in satisfaction, and the thought "Now THAT is how a great western should end" I'll be surprised.
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  • John H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of my top ten movies - this version is near perfect
    Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2021
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    True story: I happened to be in Hollywood (I worked for the telephone company there and lived nearby) early in 1969. My girlfriend (also a Telco employee) and I had gotten off work and decided to go to dinner nearby our office building at Sunset Blvd and Gower Street. There were a couple within a few blocks, but they were full. So we got in the car and drove up to Hollywood Blvd. and Gower. There was a theater on the southwest corner that mostly showed older movies and those ending their theater runs. It advertised that a "theater advanced showing" was going to play that night. So we decided to see a movie there and just snack while we watched. They gave us no idea until just before that movie began to play, but they did announce that several of the actors and producers were in the audience that night. Most of them were sitting near the back along the west wall and a few stood up and waved at the audience. They assured us that we would like the film - even though it was still due for some last-minute edits and special effects and that it was a western. They did warn us that there were violence and bloodshed - so anyone with queezy stomachs might want to turn or cover their faces during some scenes. Living and working in the Hollywood area, we were used to seeing occasional famed actors and being called upon to do some service work at or for the studios in the area. All I can say is that this version/cut of the film comes closest to what we saw that night - especially the railroad segments and the full-length battle to the death at the end. I have a DVD copy of the film with extras, but I have to say that this Amazon presented version is really the best overall of those that have been shown in the past. If you have not seen this movie, take a couple of hours and enjoy it as much as I have over the years. Thank you Amazon for making this one available and for purchase.
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  • katurin
    5.0 out of 5 stars 日本語バージョンが欲しかったです
    Reviewed in Japan on July 12, 2024
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    商品自体は申し分ありません
    西部開拓及び南北戦争も終わり、銃もリボルバーからカートリッジに変わった頃の
    話です。
    銃では生活できない、でも銃で生活したい、そんな荒くれ男の末路の物語です
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  • Duke
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ein brutal guter Western
    Reviewed in Germany on May 25, 2017
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    Sam Peckinpah's Spätwestern aus dem Jahre 1969, spielt während der mexikanischen Revolution 1914.
    Als Pike Bishop (William Holden) und seine Bande das Eisenbahner-Lohnbüro überfallen wollen, werden sie bereits von
    seinem einstigen Freund Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan) und einigen skrupellosen Kopfgeldjägern erwartet.

    Der Film beginnt mit einer außergewöhnlichen Brutalität, dass für einen Western eigentlich nicht üblich ist.
    Sie sind ein wilder Haufen und sie kennen kein Gesetz, in einem Land in dem ein Umbruch stattfindet, mit dem
    sie nicht klarkommen.
    Männer die durch einen Ehrenkodex verbunden sind, bis in den Tod.

    "Du willst stehlen, du willst rauben, dann musst du auch töten, wenn es sein muss"

    Der Film zeigt die Geschichte von einer Handvoll Männern, die eigentlich das Böse präsentieren,
    doch während des Films zeigt sich, dass auch diese Männer Emotionen und Gefühle hervor bringen
    und man weiß bald nicht, wer die wahren Bösen sind, die Jäger oder die Gejagten oder vielleicht
    General Mapache und seine Federales, in deren Hände sie fielen.

    So brutal wie der Film anfing, so wird er auch enden, man nannte es, die blutige Schlacht der Veranda.
    Sam Peckinpah schuf hier seinen größten und besten Western seiner Laufbahn. (Bonus)
    Ein Klasse-Western, ungekürzt, und mit seinen 145min war er mir nicht mal zu lang, einfach nur gut.

    Mit einem Star-Aufgebot:
    William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brian, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Jaime Sanchez,
    L.Q.Jones, Strother Martin und Bo Hopkins u.a.

    Die Bildqualität war sehr gut: 1080p High Definition 16x9 2.4:1
    der Ton war klar und sauber in deutsch Dolby Digital 1.0
    außerdem in englisch 5.1, französisch 2.0, spanisch + italienisch 1.0
    Untertitel in 11 Sprachen.

    Extras: kein Wendecover
    Bonus sehr zu empfehlen, ca. 2 Stunden
    Sam Peckinpahs Westen:Das Vermächtnis eines Hollywood-Rebellen,
    1996 für den Oscar nominiert: The Wild Bunch - Ein Montage-Album,
    Ausschnitte aus eine einfache Abenteuergeschichte: Sam Peckinpah, Mexico und The Wild Bunch
    eine Dokumentation von Nick Redman.
    Audiokommentar,
    Zusätzliche Szenen,
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  • Robert J. Evered
    5.0 out of 5 stars Violent groundbreaking Western. Not for the faint hearted!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2007
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    THE WILD BUNCH (1969) In 1913 at the height of the Mexican Revolution an aging band of outlaws from the last century known as "The Wild Bunch", to fund their retirement decide on a last robbery on a dusty Texas town. Unbeknown to gang leader Pike Bishop (William Holden) and his right-hand-man Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) a rival and former gang member and friend Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan) has the bank staked out, ambushing the gang as they try to make their escape after a most violent shootout the survivors head for relative safety across the Mexican border, with Thornton and his posse of roughneck bounty hunters in hot pursuit.

    Once across the border the gang the gang head for a small Mexican border town where Freddie Sykes (Edmund O'Brien) is waiting for them with spare horses and saddles, here they discover that their loot from the robbery is made up of worthless steel washers. They then head for the Mexican village home of Angel (Jaime Sanchez) one of the gang members. Bishop learnt from the village elder that General Mapache (Emilio Fernandez) and his troops had attacked the village.

    In an effort to restore their fortunes Pike Bishop and his men head for the headquarters of General Mapache (Emilio Fernandez) to sell their horses,
    No sooner have they arrived, than Angel spotted his girl friend Teresa in the arms of Mapache, he draws his gun and shoots her dead, when things have cooled down General Mapache and his German advisors hire the gang to hijack a US arms shipment for a price of $10,000 in gold. Angel insists to Pike and Dutch that he's allowed to take one case to his village for their defence, they both agree.

    The gang hold up the train only to discover that Deke and his posse our also on board the train. Following the successful hijack of the arms shipment they head back over the Rio Grande via a bridge, which they dynamite just as the posse, is crossing over. The posse was also being followed by a "green" US cavalry troop who had been acting as train guard. After a successful getaway, Pike, suspecting foul play arranges for arms to be delivered to General Mapache in stages delivering the first one his-self in exchange for part payment in gold!

    By the time Dutch and Angel ride in for the final exchange big trouble is brewing not least because Mapache knows of Angel's double-dealing and takes him prisoner, Dutch pretends he doesn't care and is allowed to walk away. Back with the rest of the gang Pike decides to try and buy Angel back from Mapche with half of his share of the gold. Meanwhile Deke and his posse are breathing down their necks indeed Sykes has already been seriously wounded in the thigh!

    Pike, Dutch and the two Gorch brothers (Warren Oates & Ben Johnson) set out for General Mapache's stronghold, on arrival they find a fireworks celebration in progress along with drunken debauchery, Mapache's car is driving around with Angel tied and dragged along behind the car with children running happily along behind! Pike demands that Mapache lets Angel go. He refuses, Pike and the gang retreat and take solace in local prostitutes, apart from Dutch who waits outside whittling on a piece of wood. Having had their fill of whiskey and women Pike rallies the Wild Bunch and they walk out four abreast into the sunshine heading across town. On arrival he demands of Mapache that he releases the moribund Angel, the General refuses at the same time cutting Angel's throat, which precipitates the last violent shootout. At the end of it all only two survive the adventure of crossing of the River Grande into Mexico, one of the hunted (The Wild Bunch) and one of the hunters (The Posse), but which ones?

    Sam Pekinpah had already made the critically acclaimed RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY aka GUNS IN THE AFTERNOON (1962) with those two Western stalwarts Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea. And although this film has a vastly expanded budget it still explores the same theme of men out of their time and place in the advancing twentieth Century! Brilliant Opening freeze-framed credits sequence to the sound of drums and cymbals as they ride past a group of Mexican children who are feeding live scorpions to a colony of red fighter ants. Several other set pieces are expertly handled most notable of which was the blowing up of the bridge over the River Grande The film was made midway through the Vietnam War and the American public by this time were used to scenes of violence on TV news reports. Many critics reported that the film merely reflected that violence. Still not to every ones taste then, or now!

    This review refers to the Two-Disc Special Edition from Warner Bros. 2006 (The original directors cut) 139 minutes. Disc 1: The Film (restored) plus Sam Pekinpah documentary. Disc 2: Wild Bunch outtakes plus 3 documentaries. All represents Good Value for Money from Amazon.
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  • Robert Hennessy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film
    Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2025
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    Great Actor's lots of action a must buy for any western fans!
    Well worth picking up and add to your collection.
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  • Johnny
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kein Spagetti-Western - Und das ist auch gut so!
    Reviewed in Germany on September 29, 2006
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    Dieser Film ist kein Italo-Western, sondern der Beweis, dass auch Amerikaner einen guten, packenden Western hinbekommen können. Man kann und sollte Ihn nur bedingt mit klassischen Spagetti-Western vergleichen. Allerdings gibt es durchaus Parallelen, wie etwa die Verehrung und Verkörperung des Anti-Helden und eine eher düstere Atmosphäre, die zum Schluss hin immer bedrückender und tragischer wird, mit einem sehr traurigen Ende. Der tragische Schluss erinnert ein bischen an Meisterwerke wie "Leichen pflastern seinen Weg" von Sergio Corbucci, wobei der Film an sich schon etwas anderes ist.

    Die Helden in "The Wild Bunch" sind Banditen, die sich u.a. mit Banküberfällen Ihren Lebensunterhalt verdienen. Dabei bestehlen Sie z.B. die reiche und korrupte Eisenbahngesellschaft und werden wiederum Ihrerseits von der Gesellschaft um Ihre Beute "betrogen". Sie fliehen nach Mexiko und helfen dort später einem revoltierenden General beim Diebstahl von Gewehren für die Revolution, um dann festzustellen, das sie den falschen Mann unterstützt haben, nämlich einen echten Bösewicht ohne Skrupel und Moral. Letzten Endes lehnt sich die "Wild Bunch" gegen den übermächtigen Gegner auf, wissentlich das es wohl das Ende bedeuten wird, aber für das Leben eines Freundes.

    Die Hauptfiguren verkörpern als Gesetzlose zugleich die Sympathieträger des Films, mit einer eigenen, ehrlichen Art von Moral und der Wertschätzung von echter Freundschaft und festem Zusammenhalt. Sie verkörpern ein Leben in absoluter Freiheit, unangepasst an die spießige, kalte, amerikanische Gesellschaft Anfang des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, und doch sind es auch tragische Figuren, die am Ende erkennen welches "geregelte" Leben sie hätten haben können und was sie andererseits im Leben verpasst haben. Vor allem William Holden spielt seine Rolle perfekt und absolut glaubwürdig. Man fühlt mit den tragischen Helden.

    Dieser Film ist etwas ganz Besonderes, der sich bis zum Schluss hin immer weiter steigert. Kein Italo-Western, aber etwas Ähnliches. Vielleicht das perfekte, amerikanische Gegenstück. Spagetti-Western gibt es genug, auch genug Minderwertige, da ist Sam Peckinpah's Meisterwerk eine gelungene Abwechslung. Der Film hat seine ganz eigene Grundstimmung, Musik, Art der Kameraeinstellungen, hervorragende Schauspieler usw. Dieser Western ist ein Schmuckstück und Sergio Leone blickte wegen dieses Filmes zu Recht mit Neid auf seinen Kollegen Peckinpah. Darauf, und auf Leone's verletztem Stolz, weil Peckinpah nicht mit Ihm zusammen arbeiten wollte, beruht auch die als Seitenhieb zu wertende, verächtliche Anspielung auf "The Wild Bunch" auf dem Indianerfriedhof in Leone's "My Name is Nobody". Auch ich bin absoluter Fan von klassischen Italo-Western und habe alle Leone- und Corbucci-Western im Regal (und auch noch viele andere, gute und schlechte Italowestern ;-) ) und trotzdem finde ich "The Wild Bunch" einfach spitze, fast besser noch als die Leone-Klassiker, mindestens aber auf gleicher Höhe. "The Wild Bunch" ist die gelungene Symbiose aus den Italowestern der späten 60er Jahre und den typischen, amerikanischen Western aus den 50ern und 60ern. Ein wahres Meisterwerk!

    Die DVD enthält sehr gute und interessante Dokumentationen zu Sam Peckinpah als Person (sein Leben, sein Schaffen, seine Werke), zum Dreh von "The Wild Bunch" und über Mexiko bzw. über die dortigen Drehorte. Lediglich die Deleted Scenes sind lieblos und kommentarlos zusammengestückelt mit auf die Bonus-DVD gepackt, und mit absolut unpassender Musik untermalt worden. Der Ton der DVD ist perfekt, das digital aufgewertete Bild ist sehr gut, aber nicht ganz so gut wie z.B. beim ähnlich alten, kürzlich digital restaurierten "My Name is Nobody" (der ja so gut remastered wurde, das man meinen könnte der Film wäre gerade erst gedreht worden). Die Doppel-DVD dieses zeitlosen Klassikers "The Wild Bunch" für jetzt schon unter 10 € ist Pflicht für jeden Western-Liebhaber und ein echtes Geschenk der Filmstudios an die Fans. Unbedingt zuschlagen, es lohnt sich wie selten!
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