Alvarez Kelly
by Edward Dmytryk
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Actor: Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Richard Widmark, Victoria Shaw, William HoldenDirector: Edward Dmytryk
Brand: Sony
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-09-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Alvarez Kelly
Movie Review: Alvarez Kelly was Mexican?
Summary: 4 Stars
I was sleepy when I started watching this movie thinking I was going to fall asleep, but after 15 or 20 minutes I was caught in the story and I remained fully awake during the whole movie. I agree with everybody's reviews posted here. It is a good movie with a good story well told. Based on the true event known as "the Hampton's Cattle Raid" or "The Beefsteak Raid". I am giving the movie 4 stars because fictitious Alvarez Kelly was supposed to be Mexican-Irish and he did not look or sound either Mexican or Irish. Hollywood legend William Holden was too "John Wayne" like. But this is what was working at the time, not exactly OSCAR material, but it sold, this is what characterized the 60's movies. Putting that aside, the movie is enjoyable. My respects to the real cattlemen during the filming of this movie. Thats a lot of cows! The DVD has both full and wide screen, which I always appreciate.
Summary of Alvarez Kelly
Alvarez Kelly (1966) isn't really a classic, but it's a pleasant enough Western, directed by Edward Dmytryk. The rather convoluted plot (adventurer plays one side off against the other on a cattle drive from Mexico during the Civil War) relies heavily on the charm of the two stars, William Holden and Richard Widmark, but the two prove as reliable as ever. There are some so-so action scenes, but it's the battle of wits between the two principals that supplies all the fireworks. By contrast Janice Rule is just adequate as the love interest. --Ed BuscombeThis is the story of a renegade adventurer ALVAREZ KELLY (William Holden) who gets caught in the middle of the Civil War. With no loyalties to either North or South Kelly is hired to drive a herd of cattle from Mexico to the Union Army in Virginia. However along the way he is captured by Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark) who persuades him...by shooting off a finger to deliver the cattle to starving Confederates in Richmond. At a bridge leading to Richmond the Union Army attacks and a bloody battle ensues in which Kelly risks his own life to save a Confederate officer. In the end Kelly's fate once again lies in the hands of Colonel Rossiter.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 043396011991 Manufacturer No: 01199
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