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Alvarez Kelly

A herd of cattle against a herd of cannon!

6.2(65)19661h 46m3

In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.

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Language
English
  • colonel
  • cattle
  • confederate
  • american civil war
  • cattleman

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNRBaton Rouge, Louisiana6 Oct 1966
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical25 Nov 1966
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical121 Nov 1966
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG24 Mar 1967
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG1212 Nov 1966
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1810 Jul 1967
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical156 Oct 1966

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Alvarez Kelly was released on 6 October 1966.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    2/9/2017

    5/10

    In every war...in every age...the forgotten weapon is food.... Alvarez Kelly is directed by Edward Dmytryk and stars William Holden & Richard Widmark. It's written by Elliott Arnold & Franklin Coen (Dan Taradash uncredited for tidying it up), the locations for the shoot are Baton Rouge & Clinton, Louisiana, with Joseph MacDonald on photography (Panavision). Story is apparently based on a true US Civil War incident…

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    Wuchak

    3/15/2022

    6/10

    _**Confederate and Union troops fighting over a herd of cattle**_ During the partial siege of Richmond–Petersburg in September 1864 a troop of Confederates mean to acquire 3000 cattle from Mexico meant for consumption by the Union Army. William Holden plays the livestock businessman while Richard Widmark and Patrick O’Neal play opposing Confederate/Union officers. Roger C. Carmel is on hand as the Captain of a blo…

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    CinemaSerf

    5/20/2026

    6/10

    There are a lot of hungry Confederate soldiers in besieged Richmond, so their colonel "Rossiter" (Richard Widmark) sets his sights on the big herd that Mexican "Kelly" (William Holden) usually delivers to the bluecoats to help solve this problem. "Kelly" has few scruples but he will still take quite some persuading if he is to co-operate - and some dodgy bills with Jefferson Davis on them aren't going to cut it. Just…

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