Sam Peckinpah - biography

“I’m getting so fond of the characters in this story [The Osterman Weekend], I’d like to keep them alive.”

“The end of a picture is always an end of a life.”

“Yeah, Dundee was great.  It was a great film.  I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.”

“Why should I give you an interview?  All you journalists are plagiarists.”

“Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.”

“The Price Is Right can really get me going.”

Sam Peckinpah directed the following films:
Ride the High Country (1962)
Major Dundee (1965)
The Glory Guys (1965)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Junior Bonner (1972)
The Getaway (1972)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
The Killer Elite (1975)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Convoy (1978)
Jinxed! (1982)
The Osterman Weekend (1983)


Sam Peckinpah contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Ride the High Country (1962)
Major Dundee (1965)
The Glory Guys (1965)
Villa Rides (1968)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Straw Dogs (2011)


Sam Peckinpah has appeared in the following films:
Amore, piombo e furore (1978)