Nevada Smith (1966)
Nevada Smith (1966)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 2.40:1 | 720x480 | 7000 kbps | 7.5Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
02:08:00 | USA | Western
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 2.40:1 | 720x480 | 7000 kbps | 7.5Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
02:08:00 | USA | Western
A naive half-Indian, half-white man evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva, Martin Landau, Paul Fix, Gene Evans, Josephine Hutchinson, John Doucette, Val Avery, Sheldon Allman, Lyle Bettger, Bert Freed, David McLean, Steve Mitchell, Merritt Bohn, Sandy Kenyon, Ric Roman, John Lawrence, Stanley Adams, George Mitchell, John Litel, Ted de Corsia, Loni Anderson, Jan Arvan
The Max Sand backstory in Harold Robbins's trashy The Carpetbaggers (an enjoyable wallow onscreen in 1964) made for a solid Western vehicle for Steve McQueen at his peak. Nevada Smith is a revenge movie, but closer in spirit to The Bravados than a Death Wish-style exercise in nihilism. Young Max, offspring of a white father and Indian mother, sets out to avenge their slaughter by three villains. His odyssey includes spiritual re-parenting at several stages, most notably by canny gun dealer Jonas Cord (a swell character part for Brian Keith). The supporting cast will have you saying, "He's in it, too!" at regular intervals (from costars Karl Malden and Arthur Kennedy down to such incidental interlopers as L.Q. Jones and Strother Martin). Since director Henry Hathaway and cameraman Lucien Ballard couldn't frame a bad shot if their lives depended on it, it's a relief that this movie is finally available in a widescreen format.
Nevada Smith (1966)
Nevada Smith (1966)
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Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father and mother are killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot, to shoot on time, and to shoot straight. Everything that Nevada does goes to killing those three men. He learns to read and write just to learn their location. He pays people to tell him where they're at. He even goes to prison to kill one of them. While the movie is a Western and has plenty of action, it also takes a deep look into vengeance and how one can change after a haunting incident.
~ Chase Ard
Nevada Smith (1966)
