sentences:  Robert Ryan was ultimately cast in the part after Peckinpah saw him in the World War II action movie "The Dirty Dozen" (1967).Other actors considered for the role were Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Ben Johnson (later cast as Tector Gorch), and Arthur Kennedy.The role of Mapache went to Emilio Fernández, the Mexican film director, writer, actor, and friend of Peckinpah.