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The Spikes Gang

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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.
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Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Dec 13, 2019
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. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 10, 2015
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Marvin excels as the world-weary gunman, who realizes his time is almost up. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Karthik Y. @madkarthi Jun 9, 2026 The story moves along with a very nice pace, but then the ending hits and something completely unexpected happens. It takes a surprisingly dark turn that I didn't see coming at all but I still really enjoyed the whole ride. It is a very solid. hidden gem of a Western. Ron Howard 👌 See more Roger D @xplorer751 Apr 1, 2025 Love Lee Marvin and Ron Howard. Just not in a movie without a plot. This fails on so many levels. See more Chuck P @RT10151965 Apr 1, 2025 TCM played this tonight. Not a bad film at all. Sweet and sad with a great performances especially by underrated Gary Grimes. See more Leander S @RT40876740 Feb 22, 2024 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. See more Sep 17, 2023 Good movie here thank you’ll like it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas September 16, 2023 See more Martin B @RT44235356 Mar 10, 2022 Agree completely with the rating. All the acting is great but the plot is just an incredible bummer. Why?? See more Read all reviews
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Richard Fleischer

Director

Lee Marvin

Harry Spikes

Gary Grimes

Will

Ron Howard

Les

Charles Martin Smith

Tod

Arthur Hunnicutt

Kid White
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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
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