Cast: Sam Peckinpah

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sam Peckinpah. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Don Siegel

Cast Kevin McCarthy · Dana Wynter · Larry Gates · Carolyn Jones

Synopsis Miles Bennell, a GP in the small Californian town of Santa Mira, returns from an out-of-town meeting to find himself inundated with calls from locals insisting that members of their family are not the same people any more or have...

7.6

16K votes

7.6

16K votes

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005 · Documentary · 115 min. · Germany

Direction Mike Siegel

Cast Sam Peckinpah · Ernest Borgnine · James Coburn · Kris Kristofferson

Synopsis The life and times of maverick filmmaker Sam Peckinpah (1925 - 1984)

7.2

153 votes

7.2

153 votes

Wichita

1955 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Jacques Tourneur

Cast Joel McCrea · Vera Miles · Lloyd Bridges · Wallace Ford

Synopsis Ex-Buffalo Hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gunfighter make him a perfect candidate for Marshal but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (TV)

2004 · Documentary · 120 min. · United States

Direction Xan Cassavetes

Cast Robert Altman · Jacqueline Bisset · Jim Jarmusch · Kris Kristofferson

Synopsis A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power...

6.8

59 votes

6.8

59 votes

China 9, Liberty 37

1978 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy

Direction Monte Hellman · Tony Brandt

Cast Warren Oates · Fabio Testi · Jenny Agutter · Sam Peckinpah

Synopsis Condemned gunman Clayton is given a last minute reprieve on condition he murders rancher Matthew for a railway company. Visiting Matthew's ranch, Clayton is unable to bring himself to kill Matthew and leaves, but Matthew's wife, Catherine, believing she has...

5.5

83 votes

5.5

83 votes

The Visitor

1979 · Movie · 101 min. · Italy

Direction Giulio Paradisi

Cast Mel Ferrer · Glenn Ford · Lance Henriksen · John Huston

Synopsis The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil.

4.4

205 votes

4.4

205 votes

Not rated

Hollywood Mavericks

1990 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Florence Dauman · Dale Ann Stieber

Cast Francis Ford Coppola · Martin Scorsese · Robert Altman · Peter Bogdanovich

Synopsis This documentary respectfully interviews a number of important American directors who have in one way or another "bucked the system." It also explores the life and work of earlier American mavericks through the tributes, reflections, and recollections of the first...

Not rated

Not rated