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Plot. Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly ( William Holden) is contracted to deliver a herd to the Union Army in Virginia. As he nears the end of his long cattle drive, Kelly is captured by Confederate raiders led by Colonel Tom Rossiter ( Richard Widmark ). The Confederacy desperately needs the beef to feed its soldiers besieged in Richmond .
Alvarez Kelly: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal. 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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Jun 22, 2019 · 1960s. Alvarez Kelly (1966) Mark Franklin June 22, 2019 1960s. William Holden is Alvarez Kelly, a man who’s found a way to profit off the Civil War. He buys cattle in Texas at $2 a head then drives them East for sale to the Union army and Maj. Albert Steadman for a handsome profit.
Based on a true Civil War incident, Alvarez Kelly (1966) tells the story of a renegade adventurer (William Holden) - the title character - who delivers a herd of 2500 cattle to Union forces on a Virginia plantation. The Union is trying to starve out the people of Richmond, Virginia, and to stop them, Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard ...
181M subscribers. Subscribed. 122. This is the story of a renegade adventurer, ALVAREZ KELLY (William Holden), who gets caught in the middle of the Civil War. With no loyalties to either...
Apr 3, 2018 · TCM Diary: Alvarez Kelly and the Confederates. By Justin Stewart on April 3, 2018. Alvarez Kelly opens with images of hieroglyphs conveying the ancient nature of human conflict, over which a narrator informs viewers that “in every war, in every age, the forgotten weapon is food… a herd of cattle is as vital as a herd of cannon.”.
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Mar 29, 2013 · Like The Horse Soldiers, the story was loosely based on a true action, this time the so-called “Beefsteak Raid” of September 14-16, 1864.
