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5 unusual facts about Wild Bunch


Harry Tracy, Desperado

As the last survivor of the Wild Bunch, Tracy pulls off a series of profitable robberies before making his way west to Portland, Oregon, in search of Catherine Tuttle (Shaver), a judge's daughter who has captured his heart.

J. Frank Dalton

Frank's brothers Grat, Bob, and Emmett Dalton were members of the Dalton Gang, and his brother Bill Dalton was a member of the Wild Bunch Gang.

Wild Bunch

On April 3, 1895, the Wild Bunch, without Doolin, held up a Rock Island train at Dover but were unable to open the safe with the $50,000 army payroll.

Tulsa Jack Blake — killed April 4, 1895, near Ames, Oklahoma Territory, by Deputy U.S. Marshals Will Banks and Isaac Prater.

The Wild Bunch had its origins following the Dalton Gang's botched train robbery in Adair, Oklahoma Territory, on July 15, 1892, in which two guards and two townspeople, both doctors, were wounded.


Cowboy Action Shooting

One variant of CAS currently sanctioned by SASS is Wild Bunch Action Shooting, inspired by the famous Western film.

Hole in the Wall Gang

Members included such infamous desperadoes as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Kid Curry and his brother Lonny Curry, "Laughing" Sam Carey, Black Jack Ketchum, Elzy Lay, and George "Flat Nose" Curry, along with several lesser known outlaw gangs of the Old West.

Otto Franc

Cassidy was pardoned by governor William A. Richards in 1896, but the time he spent in the Wyoming State Penitentiary convinced him to become a full-time outlaw, and he formed the Wild Bunch shortly after his release.


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Cameron McVey

In 1986, as half of duo Morgan-McVey, he released the single "Looking Good Diving", whose B-side "Looking Good Diving with the Wild Bunch" would later be reworked into Neneh Cherry's 1988 single "Buffalo Stance".

Cowboy Action Shooting

:*Wild Bunch – based on popular Western film "The Wild Bunch"; shooters use Colt 1911 pistol instead of revolvers, use lever action rifles, and use Winchester Model 1897 shotgun instead of double-barreled shotgun.

Cowboy Mounted Shooting

Single Action Semiautomatic firearms, also known as self-cocking firearms, are also allowed in special military cavalry and Wild Bunch events (named after the 1969 Western movie of the same name that used more modern firearms).

George Newcomb

The Wild Bunch had its origins following the Dalton Gang's botched train robbery in Adair, Oklahoma Territory, on July 15, 1892, in which two guards and two townsmen, both doctors, were wounded.

Hole in the Wall Gang

The Three Outlaws, starring Neville Brand as Butch Cassidy and Alan Hale Jr as the Sundance Kid, is a 1956 fictional film of the duo's exploits with Wild Bunch member William "News" Carver as the third outlaw in the title.

Jennings Gang

The gang originated in Oklahoma, following the downfall of the Wild Bunch at the hands of three Deputy US Marshals, Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman, and Chris Madsen.

L. Q. Jones

He was frequently cast alongside his close friend, Strother Martin, most memorably in The Wild Bunch.

Quintessence Films

In 2009, the company will produce a feature adaptation of Coin Locker Babies, directed by Civetta, as a co-production between French Studio Wild Bunch and Don Murphy's Angry Films.

William Dalton

William M. Dalton (1866–1894), Old West outlaw, co-leader of the Wild Bunch gang