Alvarez Kelly
1966 · Movie · NR · 106 min · ★ 6.2 · 54% critics
During the Civil War, a cattle trader plans to supply one side of the conflict until sudden pressure forces him into a dangerous new bargain. Caught between opposing armies, hunger, and survival, he must guide a valuable herd through tense territory where every move can shift the balance.
Also known as The Richmond Story
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Details
- Years
- 1966
- Release date
- 1966-10-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 54/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (61 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy offbeat Civil War Westerns, tense rivalries, and cattle-drive drama in the vein of The Undefeated or Escape from Fort Bravo; Not for you if you want nonstop action and a brisk pace.
Pros: unusual Civil War premise; strong lead rivalry; exciting late stampede | Cons: slow pacing; too much talk; uneven tone
Themes
- colonel
- cattle
- confederate
- american civil war
- cattleman
Cast & crew
William Holden
as Alvarez Kelly
Richard Widmark
as Col. Tom Rossiter
Janice Rule
as Liz Pickering
Patrick O'Neal
as Maj. Albert Stedman
Victoria Shaw
as Charity Warwick
Roger C. Carmel
as Capt. Angus Ferguson
Richard Rust
as Sgt. Hatcher
Arthur Franz
as Capt. Towers
Don 'Red' Barry
as Lt. Farrow
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Cpl. Peterson
Directed by Edward Dmytryk