 Average Shot Length (ASL) = 4.5 seconds (2005 DVD Version). This is  fast by most 1970s film standards, but quite slow for  Sam Peckinpah (qv). For example, _Wild Bunch, The (1969)_ (qv) has  an A.S.L. of three seconds, _Junior Bonner (1972)_ (qv) 3.5 seconds,  _Killer Elite, The (1975)_ (qv) four seconds.