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The Spikes Gang Reviews

1974
1 hr 36 mins
Drama, Action & Adventure
PG13

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Familiar yarn about three adolescents who team up with a bank robber (Lee Marvin). Will: Gary Grimes. Les: Ron Howard. Tod: Charlie Martin Smith. Kid White: Arthur Hunnicutt. Jack: Noah Beery. Abel: Marc Smith. Cowboy: Don Fellows. Billy: Elliott Sullivan. Sheriff: Robert Beatty. Posse Leader: Ralph Brown. Richard Fleischer directed.

Marvin is the only reason to watch this weak, unofficial follow-up to BAD COMPANY (1972). He plays a wounded outlaw who stumbles into the good graces of youngsters Howard and Grimes. They nurse Marvin back to health and are thrilled by his tales of violence and adventure. Seeing that the two boys are fresh and eager to form an outlaw gang, Marvin enlists the duo in his robberies. Things turn grim when Marvin double-crosses the pair and turns to bounty hunting, and it is up to Grimes to settle the score. Fairly routine material, but Marvin is always fascinating to watch.