Nevada Smith (1966)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Harold Robbins (novel)
John Michael Hayes (story)

Release Date:

10 junio 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Frase comercial:

Some called him savage- and some called him saint... some felt his hate- and one found his love... and three had to die...

Plot:

A naive half-Indian, half-white man evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.

Plot Keywords:

Mcguffey's Reader | Priest | Territory Name In Title | Bible | Sheriff

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Pretty solid western revenge drama, though not perfect

Cast

Steve McQueen	...	Nevada Smith / Max Sand / Fitch
Karl Malden	...	Tom Fitch
Brian Keith	...	Jonas Cord
Arthur Kennedy	...	Bill Bowdre
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Pilar
Raf Vallone	...	Father Zaccardi
Janet Margolin	...	Neesa
Pat Hingle	...	Big Foot (work camp trustee)
Howard Da Silva	...	Warden of work camp
Martin Landau	...	Jesse Coe
Paul Fix	...	Sheriff Bonnell
Gene Evans	...	Sam Sand
Josephine Hutchinson	...	Mrs. Elvira McCandles
John Doucette	...	Uncle Ben McCandles
Val Avery	...	Buck Mason (bartender)

También conocida como:

Nevada Smith (Spain) [es]

Duración:

128 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

UK:A (1966) (cut) | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1966) | UK:15 (1988) | Australia:M | Norway:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Solar Productions

Trivialidades:

Of the 2,000 performers that auditioned for Lee Strasberg's exclusive theatre school in 1955, Steve McQueen and Martin Landau were the only ones who were accepted.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Nevada Smith is working cattle at the railhead in Abilene KS. and during that scene, snow capped mountains are visible in the background. There are no mountains in Kansas.

Quotes:

Nevada Smith: Jesse!
Jesse Coe: [Jesse pretends he doesn't hear and keeps dealing cards] Any cards, boys?
Nevada Smith: You, dealing cards.
Jesse Coe: Jesse who?
Nevada Smith: Jesse Coward! Jesse Murderer! Woman-killer!
Jesse Coe: Now wait a minute, my name is Jack Langley.
Nevada Smith: When you killed my mother and father, it was Jesse.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005) (TV)

Pretty solid western revenge drama, though not perfect

Though there isn't much here that you haven't seen before in a western revenge drama, it's pretty well done. You can understand why the protagonist turns away at any chance of a normal life and instead concentrates on nothing but revenge. And it is undeniably satisfying to see him enact his revenge any chance he gets.

It's good for what it is, though there are some problems, that if tweaked, could have made the movie even better. For one thing, casting McQueen as a half-Indian? And casting this mid-30s actor as a character that's supposed to be young enough to be called "Kid"!?!? Plus, the escape from the swamp doesn't seem finished; in fact, with the short sequence where one of McQueen's pursuers commenting on the bullets he has left makes me believe that several minutes were edited out before the movie was released.