The Bravados (1958)

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  • THE BRAVADOS


    DIRECTED BY HENRY KING
    PRODUCED BY HERBERT B. SWOPE Jr,
    ORIGINAL MUSIC BY LIONEL NEWMAN
    TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION


    Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas


    Plot Summary
    Jim Douglas has been relentlessly pursuing the four outlaws
    who murdered his wife,
    but finds them in jail about to be hanged.
    While he waits to witness their execution, they escape;
    and the townspeople enlist Douglas' aid to recapture them.
    Written by David Levene


    Full Cast
    Gregory Peck ... Jim Douglass
    Joan Collins ... Josefa Velarde
    Stephen Boyd ... Bill Zachary
    Albert Salmi ... Ed Taylor
    Henry Silva ... Lujan
    Kathleen Gallant ... Emma Steimmetz
    Barry Coe ... Tom
    George Voskovec ... Gus Steimmetz
    Herbert Rudley ... Sheriff Sanchez
    Lee Van Cleef ... Alfonso Parral
    Andrew Duggan ... Padre
    Ken Scott ... Primo, Deputy Sheriff
    Gene Evans ... John Butler
    Ninos Cantores de Morelia Choral Group ... Themselves (as The Niños Cantores De Morelia Choral Group)
    Robert Adler ... Tony Mirabel (uncredited)
    Ada Carrasco ... Sra. Parral (uncredited)
    Alicia del Lago ... Ángela Luján (uncredited)
    Joe DeRita ... Mr. Simms (uncredited)
    Jacqueline Evans ... Mrs. Barnes (uncredited)
    Juan García ... Deputy Sheriff Guarding the Pass (uncredited)
    María Gracia ... Helen - Little girl - Jim Douglass' daughter (uncredited)
    Robert Griffin ... Banker Loomis (uncredited)
    Jack Mather ... Quinn the Blacksmith (uncredited)
    Jason Wingreen ... Hotel Clerk (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Philip Yordan (screenplay)
    Frank O'Rourke (novel)


    Original Music
    Lionel Newman
    Hugo Friedhofer (uncredited)
    Alfred Newman (uncredited)


    Cinematography
    Leon Shamroy (director of photography)


    Goofs
    Character error
    The interior church scenes are of a magnificent, highly ornate,
    and vast - probably Metropolitan - cathedral.
    This is hardly in keeping with the small-town setting of the film.
    External shots do not show such a massive architectural edifice.


    When the wounded sheriff staggers into the church (c.35')
    the bloodstain on his shirt does not match the knife wound inflicted earlier.
    It is significantly lower.


    Continuity
    When the first gang member lies in ambush, he is seen crawling past a large green shrub
    and behind broken blades of dry grass
    After he is spotted by Jim Douglass and the camera cuts back to him,
    the exact same shot is repeated as though it is happening further along in the story.


    Incorrectly regarded as goofs
    When Gregory Peck lassoed Albert Salmi he roped one leg.
    Yet when he hung him from a tree both legs were in the noose.
    However when playing it in slow motion, you can see that when he ropes him
    and he falls down and tries to reach the rope to get out of it,
    both feet are in the noose as Peck starts to drag him,
    and again when he stops to throw the rope over the limb
    Salmi tries again to get it loose and both feet are still in the noose.


    Trivia
    Gregory Peck stated that the movie was written as an attack
    on McCarthyism, which he strongly opposed.


    While filming Gregory Peck decided to become a cowboy in real life,
    so he purchased a vast working ranch near Santa Barbara, California -
    already stocked with 600 head of prize cattle.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
    Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
    St Jose Perua mountains, Mexico

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 3 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • The Bravados directed by Henry King
    starred Gregory Peck and Joan Collins.
    The CinemaScope film was based on a novel of the same name
    written by Frank O'Rourke.
    Also supported by Lee Van Cleef



    User Review


    Losing A Moral Compass
    26 March 2007 | by bkoganbing (Buffalo, New York)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Keith, I saw this movie in my teens and was, to say the least, was transfixed. The acting was terrific and, as you say, Peck was magnificent in this. And the twist at the end was like a smack in the kisser!

    Cheers - Jay:beer:
    "Not hardly!!!"

  • Just seen this again, great movie, with Peck
    at his brooding best.
    Not convinced about Joan Collins though
    thought she was woodmen and miscast in this western.


    As Jay says, what a great ending, and what a surprise!


    One to watch if you find time

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England