The Spikes Gang

The Spikes Gang is a 1974 Mirisch Company motion picture adaptation of the Giles Tippette novel The Bank Robber. It was directed by Richard Fleischer and starred Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard.

The production style of director Richard Fleischer received generally favorable reviews. It was only the second matchup for the director and Marvin and the actor gives a seething, unpredictable performance as the untrustworthy Harry Spikes. You can see why a trio of farmhands, wellplayed by his costars, would want to emulate him you can also see why they come to resist the lethal charm of his coercion., wrote one critic.Ron Howard later praised producer Walter Mirisch saying, When I...acted in one of his productions, The Spikes Gang, I learned that a prolific and brilliant producer could also be a terrific guy and a wonderful teacher. ........

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