Alvarez Kelly

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.

Cast

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

Reviews

John Chard

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,...

Wuchak

_**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...

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