The scenario is rich and invites an interesting story with multiple twists on an original theme. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Now you can rate you favorite and least favorite Westerns, too. The dance partner: By a sea-faring monster who could shrivel a girl right up., Liz Pickering, snuggling up to Alvarez Kelly: Thank god youre not another one of those honorable men. The Confederacy desperately needs the beef to feed its soldiers besieged in Richmond. Alvarez Kelly is a 1966 American Western film set in the American Civil War directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring William Holden and Richard Widmark. As revenge, Kelly arranges passage for Rossiter's discontented fiance, Liz Pickering (Janice Rule), on a blockade runner leaving the besieged city. Paul Lukather Capt. The picture was based on the historic Beefsteak Raid of September 1864 led by Confederate Major General Wade Hampton III. Steve Murphy, portrayed by Boyd Holbrook, is Narcos ' central character and main narrator. Alvarez Kelly opens with images of hieroglyphs conveying the ancient nature of human conflict, over which a narrator informs viewers that in every war, in every age, the forgotten weapon is food a herd of cattle is as vital as a herd of cannon. Its a slightly insecure way of justifying the ensuing films potentially mundane story of beef snatching, no small matter when it concerns 2,500 cattle and the survival of legions of hungry Union and Confederate soldiers in the latter days of the American Civil War. It's 1864. How does it strike you now?, William Holden as Alvarez Kelly, breaking the news about Liz to Col. Rossiter in Alvarez Kelly (1966), Richard Widmark as Col. Tom Rossiter, learning Alvarez Kellys method of getting even in Alvarez Kelly (1966), Victoria Shaw as Charity Warwick sparring with Union Maj. Stedman in Alvarez Kelly (1966), Janice Rule as Liz Pickering with fiance Col. Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark) in Alvarez Kelly (1966), Richard Rust as Sgt. Angus Ferguson Charity: Then its no special compliment., Alvarez: Colonel, I have to hand it to you. Life spans: the Scottish artist discusses Berlinale highlight, Dont look back: critics Giovanni Marchini Camia, Victor Guimares, and Frdric Jaeger join to discuss Angela Schanelecs, Earth, wind, and fire: Inney Prakash, Edo Choi, and Caitlin Quinlan join to discuss the festival's buzzy new premieres, including, Berlinale 2023: Minor Choruses, Major Films, The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2023 #6, The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2023 #5. If making a cattle drive movie requires the adventurous spirit of some of the abovementioned directors, Dmytryk proved he had itthe same toughness he brought to the excellent noir Murder, My Sweet and the anti-racist Crossfire in the 1940s. Despite the hatred between the two men, they manage to work together. I have just watched this movie on Spain's Canal Sur, in Spanish, which probably did not make much difference, as the Spaniards are wizards at dubbing, and the main character in any case is an Irish-Mexican. Alvarez Kelly is a 1966 war film set in the American Civil War. Outdoor action sequences, including an exciting stampede, enliven a tame script, routinely directed and performed erratically. Imagine a film where Quinn actually got to play his TRUE ethnic background instead of an American Indian, Philipino or so many other odd casting choices that plagued much of his early career. ." Kelly first teaches Rossiters men how to drive cattle. The laborious struggle of herding thousands of big, ornery animals over dangerous (due to enemies, weather, disease, etc.) Because it is about showing the confrontations between the northerners and the Confederates who are fighting over a herd of cows that will be used to feed a regiment on one side and a besieged city on the other. Even though it is a Civil War tale, loosely based on the "Great Beefsteak Raid" that Confederate cavalry carried out near Richmond in 1864, its genre is pure Western. The cows belong to the North, but they have to make their way to Union forces stationed in Richmond, so theres the risk of interception by ravenous Confederate raiders like Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark) and his squad. Which is one thing, but then you have to know how to manage the cows and the herd. Peterson Tomorrow, youll have eight. //]]>. Barry Atwater Gen. Kautz You stay stubborn, the day after that youll have seven. Story is apparently based on a true US Civil War . . There is therefore a lot at stake in taking possession of the herd. William Holden is Alvarez Kelly, a man whos found a way to profit off the Civil War. Produced by Sol C. Siegel //
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