Alvarez Kelly
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| Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
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| Music by | Johnny Green |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
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116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
Alvarez Kelly is a 1966 Pathécolor war film set in the American Civil War starring William Holden and Richard Widmark. The film was based on the historic Beefsteak Raid of September 1864 led by Confederate Major General Wade Hampton III.
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Plot
Cattleman Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) is contracted to deliver a herd to the Union Army in Virginia. As he nears the end of his long cattle drive, Kelly is captured by Confederate raiders led by Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark). The Confederacy desperately needs the beef to feed its soldiers besieged in Richmond.
Kelly is "persuaded" to help shanghai and deliver the stolen herd to Richmond. Despite the hatred between the two men, they manage to work together. Kelly first teaches Rossiter's men how to drive cattle. Then, they proceed to capture and drive the herd away, despite the efforts of Union officer Major Albert Stedman (Patrick O'Neal). As revenge, Kelly arranges passage for Rossiter's discontented fiancée, Liz Pickering (Janice Rule), on a blockade runner leaving the besieged city.
Cast
- William Holden as Alvarez Kelly
- Richard Widmark as Colonel Tom Rossiter
- Janice Rule as Liz Pickering
- Patrick O'Neal as Major Albert Steadman
- Victoria Shaw as Charity Warwick
- Roger C. Carmel as Captain Angus Ferguson, a blockade runner
- Richard Rust as Sergeant Hatcher
- Arthur Franz as Capt. Towers
- Don 'Red' Barry as Lt. Farrow (billed as Donald Barry)
- Duke Hobbie as John Beaurider
- Harry Carey Jr. as Cpl. Peterson
- Howard Caine as McIntyre
- Mauritz Hugo as Ely Harrison
- Barry Atwater as Gen. Kautz (as G.B. Atwater)
- Robert Morgan as Capt. Williams
References
- ↑ "Big Rental Pictures of 1966", Variety, 4 January 1967 p 8
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Alvarez Kelly at IMDb
- Alvarez Kelly at the TCM Movie Database
- Alvarez Kelly at AllMovie
- Alvarez Kelly at the American Film Institute Catalog
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