Steve McQueen plays a man out for revenge for the murder of his parents in “Nevada Smith.” Director Henry Hathaway (“The Sons of Katie Elder” 1965) put together this superior horse opera with all-around good production values, from a well-written script by John Michael Hayes.
This is a great made-to-order role for McQueen, who often portrayed these rugged loner types. The stellar supporting cast includes Karl Malden, Martin Landau, and Arthur Kennedy as the murderous outlaws, as well as Brian Keith, Suzanne Pleshette, Pat Hingle, Paul Fix, Howard DaSilva, Raf Valone, Janet Margolin, Gene Evans, Ted de Corsia, John Doucette, Josephine Hutchinson, Val Avery, Bert Freed, Sandy Kenyon, Ric Roman, John Litel, Joanna Moore, and Loni Anderson in an uncredited cameo role as a brunette saloon girl. This was her motion picture debut.
This movie is a prequel of sorts to “The Carpetbaggers” (1964), where George Peppard starred as a Howard Hughes-type character. Co-star Alan Ladd played Nevada Smith, a former gunslinger turned actor, an older version of McQueen’s Smith. Both films were based on the 1961 novel “The Carpetbaggers” by Harold Robbins.
The watchable and engrossing two-hour plus “Nevada Smith” was successful at the box office for producer Henry Hathaway, Solar Productions, and Paramount Pictures.
Nevada Smith (1966)
cinema
My Review
Steve McQueen plays a man out for revenge for the murder of his parents in “Nevada Smith.” Director Henry Hathaway (“The Sons of Katie Elder” 1965) put together this superior horse opera with all-around good production values, from a well-written script by John Michael Hayes.
This is a great made-to-order role for McQueen, who often portrayed these rugged loner types. The stellar supporting cast includes Karl Malden, Martin Landau, and Arthur Kennedy as the murderous outlaws, as well as Brian Keith, Suzanne Pleshette, Pat Hingle, Paul Fix, Howard DaSilva, Raf Valone, Janet Margolin, Gene Evans, Ted de Corsia, John Doucette, Josephine Hutchinson, Val Avery, Bert Freed, Sandy Kenyon, Ric Roman, John Litel, Joanna Moore, and Loni Anderson in an uncredited cameo role as a brunette saloon girl. This was her motion picture debut.
This movie is a prequel of sorts to “The Carpetbaggers” (1964), where George Peppard starred as a Howard Hughes-type character. Co-star Alan Ladd played Nevada Smith, a former gunslinger turned actor, an older version of McQueen’s Smith. Both films were based on the 1961 novel “The Carpetbaggers” by Harold Robbins.
The watchable and engrossing two-hour plus “Nevada Smith” was successful at the box office for producer Henry Hathaway, Solar Productions, and Paramount Pictures.