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Died: 28 December 1984 (aged 59)
Filmography: All about Sam
If any director of the twentieth century defined the term 'a man's man' then it was undoubtedly Sam Peckinpah. A hard-living, straight-talking maverick, Peckinpah resolutely refused to bow to the pressures of the Hollywood system. The list below includes some of the most uncompromising films in cinema.
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Jinxed! (1982)
The Visitor (1979)
Convoy (1978)
If China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)
Cross of Iron (1977)
The Killer Elite (1975)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
The Getaway (1972)
Morbidness (1972)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Villa Rides (1968)
The Glory Guys (1965)
Major Dundee (1965
Ride the High Country (1962)
The Deadly Companions (1961)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Wichita (1955)
An Annapolis Story (1955)
Dial Red O (1955)
Private Hell 36 (1954)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)