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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.
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Alvarez Kelly
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Col. Tom Rossiter
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Liz Pickering
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Major Albert Stedman
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Charity Warwick
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Capt. Angus Ferguson
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Sergeant Hatcher
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Capt. Towers
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Lt. Farrow (as Donald Barry)
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John Beaurider
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Cpl. Peterson
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McIntyre
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Ely Harrison
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General Kautz (as G.B. Atwater)
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Capt. Williams
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Capt. Webster
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Mary Ann
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Melinda
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Union Lt.
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Party Guest (uncredited)
Ivan Browning ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Pepe Callahan ...
Pancho (uncredited)
Arlene Charles ...
Bordello Girl (uncredited)
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Sanchez (uncredited)
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Bellhop (uncredited)
Boone Dugas ...
Extra (uncredited)
Barbara Eaton ...
Bordello Girl (uncredited)
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Bordello Girl (uncredited)
Anthony Ghazlo Sr. ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Peter Goff ...
Union Sentry (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle ...
Vaquero (uncredited)
Sonya Harrison ...
Ellie (uncredited)
Patrick Hawley ...
Confederate Officer (uncredited)
Bill Holliday ...
Union Lt. Cox (uncredited)
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Telegrapher (uncredited)
Walter Maslow ...
Confederate Officer (uncredited)
John McKee ...
Finley (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
Sally Nichols ...
Bordello Girl (uncredited)
Joyce Perry ...
Bordello Girl (uncredited)
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Mexican Manservant (uncredited)
Sherry Staiger ...
Geraldine - the Madame (uncredited)
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Prisoner (uncredited)
Hal Taggart ...
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Bordello Girl (uncredited)
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Jailer (uncredited)
James Wood ...
Union Officer (uncredited)
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Captain Freeman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edward Dmytryk

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Franklin Coen ... (written by)
 
Elliott Arnold ... () (uncredited)
 
Daniel Taradash ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Ray David ... producer (uncredited)
Sol C. Siegel ... producer

Music by

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Johnny Green ... (as John Green)

Cinematography by

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Joseph MacDonald ... director of photography

Editing by

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Harold F. Kress

Production Design by

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Walter M. Simonds ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Walter M. Simonds

Set Decoration by

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Morris Hoffman

Makeup Department

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Virginia Jones ... hair stylist
Ben Lane ... makeup supervisor

Production Management

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Lee Lukather ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Frank Baur ... assistant director
Al Murphy ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Lambert E. Day ... sound (as Lambert Day)
Charles J. Rice ... sound supervisor
Andy Payne ... assistant sound (uncredited)

Stunts

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Mickey Gilbert ... stunts (uncredited)
John Hudkins ... stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Terhune ... stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Verbois ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams ... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen ... stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Duke Callaghan ... camera operator (uncredited)
James Saper ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Seth Banks ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Franklyn ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Don Record ... prologue and main title design
Jack Verbois ... stand-in: William Holden (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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. With the hungry troops and civilians surrounded in Richmond by the Union army the Colonel intends, one way or the other, to persuade Kelly to help steal the herd and move it into town. Confederate money has no appeal so the Colonel resorts to other means with unexpected results. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

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Taglines The renegade adventurer and the reckless colonel ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Richmond Story (United States)
  • Álvarez Kelly (Spain)
  • Αλβαρέζ Κέλλυ (Greece)
  • Pod kopyty stád (Czechoslovakia)
  • Альварес Келли (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 116 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia William Holden and Richard Widmark became good friends during the production of the film. When Widmark became ill with the flu and was confined to his room, Holden bought him a snare drum because he knew Widmark played the drums. Widmark later remarked, "That four months of being constantly together on a film location was the equivalent of ten or fifteen years of friendship." See more »
Goofs Sergeant Hatcher is wearing a bandoleer of .45-70 cartridges at least eight years before the .45-70 was developed. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in When the Applause Died (1990). See more »
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Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: In every war................... In every age.................... The forgotten weapon is.................... Food. For to kill, soldiers must live................... to live, they must eat.................... And a herd of cattle is as vital as a herd of cannon................... The United States in 1864. See more »
Quotes Alvarez Kelly: Now the main thing to remember is... cattle are like women. Sometimes you have to be firm with them. Sometimes you have to be gentle. And sometimes you have to give them a slap on the rump.
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