Behold a Pale Horse
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Actor: Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Paolo Stoppa, Raymond PellegrinBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Korean (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Behold a Pale Horse
Movie Review: Should be better known
Summary: 5 Stars
It is a sign of Gregory Peck's talent as an actor that although used to playing American Heros in films like to Kill a Mockingbird, he is totally convincing as Artiguez, a Spanish Communist living in France during the time of the Franco regime.
Peck's performance is matched by that of Anthony Quinn as Captain Vinolas, the Spanish policeman who sets out to catch him.
Artiguez is a hero to the Spanish exiles in France, having spent the years since the Spanish Civil War crossing into Spain and robbing banks. Dispite this he lives in povety having given all the procedes from his robberies away.
Vinolas is determined to catch Artiquez who has made a fool of him over the years. When Artiquez's mother, who still lives in Spain, falls fataly ill, Vinolas gets the message to Artiguez knowing that he will have to try and see his mother before she dies.
Both Vinolas and Artiquez are shown as real people, Peck plays the Communist bandit as a man tied of the life he has led,
although he is still true to his cause. Vinolas is a corrupt Policeman with a crippled wife and a mistress. However in church he promises God that he will give up his mistress, return a horse which he was given as bribe and take his wife to Lourdes if he catches Artiquez.
Shot in black and white it is clear that neither Vinolas or Artiquez is a hero, neither are either of them a villan.
Omar Sharif, in an early role plays the priest who Artiquez's mother sends to him warning him not to try and see her as Vinolas will be waiting.
An film which should be much better known, not only for it's
unusal story but for the performances of it's leading actors.
Peck being to my mind one the most talented actors ever to grace the screen and anyone who does not love Anthony Quinn must have been born without a soul.
Summary of Behold a Pale Horse
MANUEL ARTIGUEZ, A FAMOUS BANDIT DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR,HAS LIVED IN FRENCH EXILE FOR 20 YEARS. WHEN HIS MOTHER IS DYINGHE CONSIDERS VISITING HER SECRETLY IN HIS SPANISH HOME TOWN. BUTHIS BIGGEST ENEMY, THE SPANISH POLICE OFFICER VINOLAS, PREPARED A TRAP AT THE HOSPITAL AS A CHANCE TO FINALLY CATCH ARTIGUEZ.Similar DVD Movies
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