There are "Westerns" and "Westerns". Every now and then comes a NEW kind of Western. This is "BANDOLERO!".
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
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Classical in form, effortless, resolved and unpretentious.
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- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jul 20187/10
One boy goes with Quantrill, the other goes with Sherman. Bandolero! is directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Stanley Hough and James Lee Barrett. It stars James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch and George Kennedy. A Panavision/De Luxe color production, music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by William H. Clothier. Initially set in Texas, 1867, the pic in short plot form entails the leading men, ruffian robbers with a glint in their eye, and leading lady, on a road trip of some discomfort. They are being pursued by the law led by George Kennedy, whilst having to deal with internal fighting and a date with blood thirsty Mexican bandits. Bubbling away in the mix is the tale of two brothers (Stewart and Martin) who went different ways during the Civil War, the conversations of such between the two most potent and worth sampling. Add in Welch for dressage and sexual tension, with Kennedy's stoic lawman in pursuit of both her and the outlaws, and it's got firecrackers simmering in the narrative. Hanging and the threat of sexual assault further stokes the fires, all while we are asked to take seriously guys with names like July Johnson and Roscoe Bookbinder! McLaglen di
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Cast
- James StewartMace Bishop
- Dean MartinDee Bishop
- George KennedySheriff July Johnson
- Raquel WelchMaria Stoner
- Andrew PrineDeputy sheriff Roscoe Bookbinder
- Will GeerPop Chaney
- Clint RitchieBabe Jenkins
- Denver PyleMuncie Carter
- Tom HeatonJoe Chaney
- Rudy DiazAngel
Crew
- Andrew V. McLaglenDirector
- James Lee BarrettScreenplay
- William H. ClothierDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Folmar BlangstedEditor
- Robert L. JacksProducer
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