The Spikes Gang | |
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Directed by | Richard Fleischer |
Written by | Giles Tippette (novel) |
Screenplay by | Irving Ravetch Harriet Frank, Jr. |
Based on | The Bank Robber |
Produced by | Richard Fleischer Walter Mirisch |
Starring | Lee Marvin Gary Grimes Charles Martin Smith Ron Howard Arthur Hunnicutt Noah Beery, Jr. |
Cinematography | Brian West |
Edited by | Frank J. Urioste Ralph E. Winters |
Music by | Fred Karlin |
Distributed by | United Artists Optimum Releasing |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Spikes Gang is a 1974 American Western film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Lee Marvin. Produced by the Mirisch Company and based on the novel The Bank Robber by Giles Tippette, the supporting cast features Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard. Veteran character actors Arthur Hunnicutt and Noah Beery, Jr. both appear in separate "scene-stealing" performances.[1]