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...their newspaper, the Fresno Bee, obtained and later printed sealed grand jury testimony. The testimony centered on a bribery and conspiracy indictment of a Fresno city councilman who was involved in city sewage- and garbage-collection contracts. The case became somewhat complicated when Superior Court Judge Denver C. Peckinpah (brother of "blood and guts" movie director Sam Peckinpah) discovered that one of the Bee newsmen had a passkey that gave him unlimited access to all offices in the courthouse (though a reporter from the Oakland Tribune also carried a similar key). Peckinpah called a hearing at which the newsmen refused...
Unsexy Billy Rose. This week he starts work on Sam Peckinpah's Killer Elite, then he may appear in Francis Ford Coppola's The Apocalypse. It is only three years since he appeared in the sleeper Brian's Song and then exploded with the intensity of a young Jimmy Cagney to become a star in The Godfather. Now, after Cinderella Liberty, The Gambler, Funny Lady and the upcoming sci-fi drama Rollerball, he is one of the five top box office draws in the country...
Many will. That is part of what Peckinpah was after, and his success in getting it is the most disturbing element in this strange, strangled movie. -Jay Cocks
...Peckinpah spends a lot of gleeful time showing Alfredo's head in a sack, being rudely bumped on the front seat of Bennie's car and swarming with dozens of interested flies. The movie has its fair share of action and a good deal of bloodletting, but gets ragged and desultory in the quieter portions...
...Devil, a bit of straight-faced parody made more or less off the cuff. The picture has strong overtones of a director's not only assaulting the audience but deflating himself in the process. Indeed, Warren Gates seems to have modeled his excellent characterization of Bennie on Peckinpah himself, complete with foggy aspect, enveloping sunglasses and calculatedly gross behavior...