Ernest Borgnine on THE WILD BUNCH 

Did anyone ever have a huge-er, bigger, more wonderful smile than Ernest Borgnine? What a great actor and man; missed by all.

In this movie THE WILD BUNCH all the actors were perfect in their roles.

The Wild Bunch is a masterpiece! 👌 Ernest, you were a legend! You're missed. 😢

Borgnine has always struck me as someone I would want as a close friend. God bless him

One of the best western ever made. The director, the actors, the extras, and the writing were spot on. When you see the movie in 1969, you see it through different eyes. As you age, the movie is seen from a totally different perspective, and gets even better each time. It is almost impossible to gather a group of actors of that caliber again, with a director like Sam at the helm.

You don't get a better value for money actor than Ernie. Never saw him do a bad performance.

Brilliant actor. He could play any role. Always memorable, especially The Wild Bunch, Bad Day at Black Rock and The Poseidon Adventure. Greatly missed but not forgotten.

"let the blood flow, what the hell do you care." He was such an amazing actor. I miss him.

I believe that the question Ernest Borgnine discusses, came from the film critic at Reader's Digest. That "expert" was one of several who showed complete disdain for The Wild Bunch after its screening. However, a young film reviewer from the Chicago Sun-Times, a fellow named Roger Ebert, stood up and said, "this film is a masterpiece"

Easily one of the greatest westerns ever made, it revolutionized cinema and flipped the western genre on its head. The editing was fantastic, especially in Battle of Bloody Porch scene. Its my personal favorite western and its in my top 10 of all time.

Ernest Borgnine won an Oscar for best actor in the film Marty. He also appeared in The Dirty Dozen, Bad Day At Black Rock, The Poseidon Adventure, and Willard. He was married to one woman for a long time, and he lived to be 96 years old!

You're correct, Mr. Borgnine. It's a fantastic picture! R.I.P

smashing bloke and a superb actor, made many great movies but above all was a gentleman, a true gent, rest in peace ernest.

This is definitely one of the most influential films ever made. It's not just the infamous final sequence with its 'wild' use of squibs, it's also for its construction of tension, its black humour, its blasé depiction of war, its serious and sombre look at poverty in Mexico, even its depiction of brutality in prisons. It had so much to say for itself. And I think it shows in modern cinema more so than many other Westerns or films of that era, from the likes of Tarrantino, Scorsese, Winding Refn, Martin McDonagh, Park Chan-wook, directors from different countries. I wasn't that into it the first time I watched it, but now I love it very much. It breaks my heart every time I watch it. As mentioned in another video, the film is wistful and full of camaraderie and displays of loyalty.

Ernest Borgnine is such a great actor in so many films. But I think his character in the Wild Bunch was probably his best. Both an evil-doing bank robber but also a loyal friend to the Holden character and to the Bunch. Very violent film overall but a modern classic that set up the great films of the 70s to come.

I do wish that I could have had a beer or two with this fella! MISS you, Ernie!

The Wild Bunch is such an epic film.

i remember a few years back when my then 17 year old son saw the wild bunch with some of his buddies his first time , he asked me the next day if i remember the movie, i told him Ive seen it about it a dozen times when i was 18 back in 1969 , he said, god dad they made good movies back then

Old is gold last of few top actors love watching his films wild bunch is classic top notch..

The Wild Bunch is famous for the final shoot out but to me , the greatness of the film is the chemistry of the cast : William Holden , Ernest Borgnine , Ben Johnson ... but also Robert Ryan as Thornton , he really gives it something as Pike Bishop's ex-partner now on the other side tracking him down.

Rest in peace, Mr. Borgnine

rest in peace mr. Borgnine! one of the best charakter-actors in my eyes. thank You for so many great moments!

Peckinpah was known for the slow motion gore. It was his signature. The Getaway and Jr Bonner with McQueen were awesome too. The Wild Bunch is in my top 5 list for Westerns.

One of the best films ever produced...

Being on the set of The Wild Bunch would have been awesome.

He should've gone a Life Achievement Award

If I'm gonna get in a NY taxi I want him driving it. What a legend.

When I was a kid I liked the violence , later I saw it was about honour , now I'm getting older I realise it's about that as well .

This was a killer of a movie. I absolutely love it.

ONE OF THE GREATS NO DOUBT. MR. BORGNINE, WELL DONE. "THE WILD BUNCH" WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE TOP 5 WESTERNS IN MY OPINION.

I remember when actors had class and style. I miss the old days

One of my 10 favorite movies ever. I could watch it once every few weeks and I feel the same excitement I felt the 1st time I watched it. That's the definition of a Masterpiece.

Loved him in The Bunch!!!!!

Always enjoy his commentary! May he Rest In Peace!

That bridge has been a stalwart scene site for several films. It deserves an honorary academy award.

Great Flick. I remember seeing it when I was either a junior or senior in high school way back when. It so happens that the family of one of my teachers were the owners of the largest chain of movie theaters and The Wild Bunch was showing at one of their theaters which was just one block from the school. It was just before Xmas break and she decided to treat our class to a showing. Great x mas present.

I wonder what the other four pictures Warner Bros. showed the critics, etc. that week? Probably middle brow entertainment that was forgotten within a month after it's release. Meanwhile, The Wild Bunch is still being discussed 47 years later. So many great scenes! One of my favourite William Holden movies, along with Stalag 17 and Network.

The wild bunch => A Great Movie, More than a Western movie, => A Masterpiece. i salute Sir Ernest Borgnine. With Respect

thanx ,paisan. a pep talk was needed, I guess. it's one of my all time fave films. love to watch it on a hot ,Summer afternoon. or, anytime. seen it in theaters whenever I could. today's TV's are excellent, and the re-mastering makes it look fantastic.EB has one of it's best lines .when Pike sticks up for Thornton, saying "he gave his word",common sense takes over when Dutch says ,booming,"that ain't what counts! it's who ya give it to!! he gave his to a RAILROAD!!!" gotta love it when Peckinpah frames a smiling shot w/ the space in Borgnine's teeth smack in the middle of the screen.

Don't forget "Bad Day at Black Rock"!! Awesome picture.

I remember thinking too how bloody the movie was when it came out, you have to remember that my generation and the ones before me, grew up with John Wayne, Gary Cooper, etc; they shot a guy, he fell down, and that was that. Now when I watch THE WILD BUNCH ( for the umpteenth time), I know it for the masterpiece that it is.

Had dinner with Ernest Borgnine. Great Actor and Great Man. Patriot.

" The Wild Bunch" is an all-time masterpiece. it's a story about loyalty & honor. It's a man's film, from start to finish. --------------Wolfsky9

Wild Bunch was a masterpiece of western . Great storyline of never leaving your mates no matter what the odds against you . Knowing time was against you as everything had moved on and then facing huge odds that they knew they wouldn’t beat but despite that they wernt leaving their friend . Brilliant cast and story . Great film !

The Wild Bunch Movie. My all time favorite. No need to do a remake. Let it alone. Going to watch it when I get home. Give em hell Pike.

Yes I loved him in The Bunch but I loved him in Marty too. Great actor, great man.

In a gun fight like that, blood flows....along with brains, guts, and shit. Peckinpah actually kept it toned down.

An incredible film...one of the all time best westerns...a magnificent ensemble cast and a great story and dialogue....and yes there was violence...not gratuitous violence...but violence that was integral to the overall story....The Bunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hail Ragnar! Ernest was one cool dude.

I wish I could have meet him.

Damn, the stories this man could've told...and now we'll never hear them. :( RIP Ernest.

What a great man Ernie was. I think all of the Wild Bunch are now gone. Hard to believe!

Dutch: Damn that Deke Thornton to Hell! Pike: What would you do in his place? He gave his word. Dutch: Gave his word to a railroad. Pike: It's his word! Dutch: That ain't what counts. It's who you give it to!

A masterpiece! I saw it first when I was about 9 or 10, not yet speaking English, in Yugoslavia we use subtitles, never dubbing as in many other european countries...

Just watched again, last time I watched it was with my old dad whose gone now, still as fabulous as I remember!!

Maybe the best movie ever made.

Sam was reluctant to cast him; he thought he'd be getting McHale. Afterwards he said no one was more into it than Borgnine.

Earnest Borgnine ; the heavy, the comic, the nice guy. And these people think they can act today

Love to have had a beer with this guy a movie legend

My favorite actor , something so special , stage presence ,something modern lack.

One of my all time favourite Actors & The "BEST" western EVER made...RIP Mr Borgnine

great movie. never get tired of watching

An argument could be made for The Wild Bunch being the best western ever made. And that’s saying something. A great picture, period.

Yeah that final shoot out in to Valhalla , definitely in my Top 10 , actually remember the poster , and the blood soaked photos out side the cinema: They came too late and stayed too long. Just a kid.

Mr Borgnine IS one of the best any man would want him for a friend ! He has a loyal spirit !

Also i cannot forget how he acted in All Quiet On The Western Front.

What a gentleman!...Personally, I'll remember Borgnine best for The Wild Bunch (of course!) and for Ice Station Zebra (the torpedo scene!) and Escape from New York.

I am so glad the picture was made or else I will never know a movie can be of this level. All you guys were great.

The Wild Bunch STILL feels extreme in 2023, it’s awesome!!!!

A great actor in an ensamble of great actors making one of the best westerns ever put on film..

What a gentleman.

I'm an avid fan of 50's westerns but this one is in anybody's top 10 of favourite westerns.

THE WILD BUNCH is hands down my all-time favorite western.

Such a lovely man. "Give 'em Hell, Pike!"

My maternal grandfather, a western aficionado, liked to take me to see cowboy pictures with him. Grandfather had to lobby my parents to let me see The Wild Bunch (1969) with him for two weeks. I thought that the movie was pretty marvelous at the time. Pretty hard stuff for a thirteen year-old. I was changing schools back in October of 1969. There was a three-day lag or so before I had to report to my new school so on a whim I got up the moxie to walk to the theater in the middle of the day (it was five miles away) and bluff my way in past the film's R-rating. I needn't have worried as there was no hassle and I saw the movie again.

Walter Hill made a film very much inspired by the Wild Bunch, it was Extreme Prejudice and it also had a shootout at the end of the film that was very reminiscent of the battle of bloody porch!

I really wanted to meet him

One of my favorite scenes from the movie is when William Holden’s character and Ernie’s are in an argument that’s getting more and more heated. Holden was defending Ryan’s character working for the railroad in tracking them down. Ryan’s men had shot Edmond O’brian. Ernie yelled “damn Deke Thornton to hell!” Holden replied “he gave his word.” Ernie immediately shot back loudly and with menace “that doesn’t count. It’s who you give it to!” Holden is taken aback by the challenge and they are looking at each other like it was a deal breaker to their friendship and partnership. I think I remember Warren Oats making a distracting statement that “we can stay up here kick the hell out of them!” Holden used the interjection to ease tensions with a return to strategic thinking thereby not letting this horrible and quick fight break up the partnership. He sympathized with an old friend’s situation, but didn’t insist on winning an argument so his currant band wouldn’t self destruct. Leadership!

In my opinion, Ride The High Country with McCrea and Scott and The Wild Bunch were Peckinpah's best films. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, et al were sensational. Very unfortunate that Peckinpah's directorial work became increasingly erratic as his drug and alcohol problems increased. Borgnine sounds like a charming and personable man.

THE BEST WESTERN EVER. CAST WAS GREAT. THE SHOOTOUT AT THE END REMAINS NUMBER ONE!🍿👍🍿

Jamie Sanchez says, " She was my woman " One of the Gorch brothers Ben Johnson says " She ain't your woman no more " with a Texas drawl, and the other brother Warren Oats says " just look at that tounge going in and out of that Enerals ( Generals ) ear ".

The Wild Bunch is a true classic.

Just watched this film for a class. This actor as well as everything else to do with this film was fantastic. I’m only 22 years old. Truly makes me sad I never got to experience films like this in the theater, brand new. Cause they just don’t happen anymore. No movie TODAY makes me drop my jaw and marvel at what just happened. This movie had THREE of those scenes. Peckinpah is amazing cause he was genuine and genius together.

I saw the wild bunch as a young teenager. After many viewings I still regard it as THE best Western, genuine masterpiece.

Sheer bloody carnage has never been so beautifully realized. An amazing film

thank you Ernest Borgnine you are a true legend

only Ernie would say...."Sam, bless his heart." That was a real man. RIP Ernie.

What a legend would have loved to have been in this man's company over a beer

Beloved Borgnine, starring in one of my fave MST3k episodes, "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders."

Love your man! Good luck on your journey. Your a great man!

I loved him. He was always cool in this movies. But I really loved him and McHale's navy because it came on right after Gilligan's Island. I thought it was real cool. Rest in peace. Mr. Borgnine, you are missed and remembered

In my opinion the wild bunch is my personal top 10 westerns of all time. I still got the dvd special edition.

A great actor. RIP Ernest

Loved Ernest. Wonderful movie.

awesome man....

Wonderful

Enerst is a very special person! He has aura.

I love The Wild Bunch!

Critics hated it but later rechanted their sentiments. I always saw it as a metaphor of how Western films were slowly dying in the late 60s as this film and its characters represented the genre who were running out of places to survive and saw last chance to make it big but instead stood up for what they were . I think Peckinpah saw that and put it on the screen .

legend