Unbelievable
How can the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia look like the
Sierras? Not enough of Victoria Shaw. Widmark a southerner? Not believable. Music: Tales of The Vienna Woods was not composed until 1871. . 
Un-exciting cattle battle...
1st watched 5/5/2007 - 3 out of 10(Dir-Edward Dmytryk): Un-exciting
cattle battle between the confederate's and the yanks with the leader of the herd, Alvarez Kelly(played by William Holden), running it like a Vietnam anti-hero -- only going to the side that gives him the most money. This movie starts with the corniest theme song that I've heard in awhile which pretty much tells the story before the movie even begins. A swashbuckling cattle-mover who loves the ladies?? Come on, even the star power of Holden and Richard Widmark can't rescue this supposed true(and boring) event from the civil war. Kelly thinks he's done with his job as he delivers the herd early in the movie but the army has a different idea and wants him to redirect them to Richmond, Virginia where the meat is needed the most. He gets them there only to be smuggled to the other side by a confederate-loving landowner. Then, Kelly is hired(or bribed) to get them to their final destination for the southern side. He'd rather just go home, have a hot bath, and drink some bourbon with a beautiful woman by his side but he's kind of stuck in a predicament that has to be completed. So, we get to watch the job getting done. Oh boy -- unless you really love cattle -- this is definitely not a fun experience or if you really have to see everything William Holden is in, but otherwise stay away from this yawner.. |
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