IFWT #55 - Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Sam Peckinpah never shied away from controversy, whether it be The Wild Bunch, that garnered him the name 'Bloody Sam' or the English-set Straw Dogs. But in 1974 he would make what is arguably his most personal film, starring Peckinpah regular Warren Oates - Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia.

Peckinpah would head to Mexico, work with a largely Mexican crew, while dealing with rampant alcoholism and away from studio interference, and make a stark, bleak and blackly comic film.

In this episode we taker a look at the production, what made Peckinpah so 'bloody' and much more!