Playboy Interview: Sam Peckinpah

August, 1972

Playboy Interview: Sam PeckinpahIn a scene from Sam Peckinpah's movie "The Wild Bunch," the bunch--a ruthless gang of misfits--is gathered around a campfire after a busy day. They've robbed a bank and killed most of a town while escaping, only to discover that the blood bath had been committed not for the gold they thought they'd stolen but for a worthless bag of washers. Passing a bottle around, they talk about what's to become of them. William Holden, the leader, says to Ernest Borgn...