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Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin) is an aging bank robber of the fading Old West. Injured and near death, he is found and mended back to health by three impressionable youths who are lifelong friends—Wil (Gary Grimes), Tod (Charles Martin Smith), and Les (Ron Howard).
The Spikes Gang: Directed by Richard Fleischer. With Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith. Three farm boys in the Old West help a wounded bank robber who teaches them the trade.
- (2K)
- Drama, Western
- Richard Fleischer
- 1974-04-11
Tragically, the boys discover that Harry Spikes is not the genuine hero that they thought he was. Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard, and Charles Martin Smith star in this thrilling Western tale that examines the tragic consequences of hero worship and the loss of youthful innocence.
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Will (Gary Grimes), Les (Ron Howard) and Tod (Charlie Martin Smith), teenage farm boys living near the Mexican border, stumble upon Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin), a local bandit near death in the...
- (21)
- Richard Fleischer
- PG
- Lee Marvin
Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with stories of his exciting past. The adventurous tales inspire them to start a gang of their own.
The story concerns Will (Gary Grimes), Les (Ron Howard) and Tod (Charlie Martin Smith), teenage farm boys existing close to the Mexican border, who blunder upon Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin), a local criminal near demise in the middle of nowhere.
