Lee Marvin as A-No.-1 in Robert Aldrich's EMPEROR OF THE NORTH -- a film very nearly directed by Sam Peckinpah, who replaced original director Martin Ritt before a money dispute eventually saw Aldrich stepping in to make the film, which also features an impressive cast of character actors such as Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Sid Haig, Charles Tyner, and Elisha Cook, Jr. Sam Peckinpah