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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. The picture was based on the historic Beefsteak Raid of September 1864 led by Confederate Major General Wade Hampton III.
Alvarez Kelly: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal. During the Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter's hungry men force Kelly to change his customers.
- Bkoganbing
- 3 min
- Edward Dmytryk
William Holden is Alvarez Kelly, a man who’s found a way to profit off the Civil War. He buys cattle in Texas at $2 a head then drives them East for sale to the Union army and Maj. Albert Steadman for a handsome profit.
Sep 7, 2020 · Alvarez Kelly (1966) *** It says a lot about stardom that Oscar-winner William Holden virtually single-handedly redeems Edward Dmytryk’s Civil War western. And this was at a time when the actor’s career was in freefall, not having had a hit since The World of Suzie Wong (1960).
Mar 29, 2013 · Alvarez Kelly (Holden) is a Mexican national who is neutral in the Civil War and his only loyalties appear to be “money, whiskey and women”. Holden was making rather a specialty of cynical, hard-bitten types and this role suited him perfectly.
Suave former Texan cattleman Alvarez Kelly now living in Mexico has little interest in the Civil War except to make some money. But after a long drive to deliver cattle to the Union he finds himself kidnapped by Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter.
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During the Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) supplies the Union with cattle until Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter's (Richard Widmark) hungry men force Kelly to change his customers.
