Nevada Smith (1966)
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57% of critics liked it
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62% of users liked it
(3,144 ratings)
Henry Hathaway's film is based on a character from Harold Robbins' The Carpetbaggers, who, in turn, based it on cowboy actor Ken Maynard. Set in the West of the 1890s, the film opens with the torture and murder of the parents of Max Sand (Steve McQueen) by a trio of gunslingers seemingly… More Henry Hathaway's film is based on a character from Harold Robbins' The Carpetbaggers, who, in turn, based it on cowboy actor Ken Maynard. Set in the West of the 1890s, the film opens with the torture and murder of the parents of Max Sand (Steve McQueen) by a trio of gunslingers seemingly motivated by their hostility toward the mixed nature of the marriage, since the wife is a Native American. Swearing revenge, the young cowhand enlists the help of itinerant gunsmith Jonas Cord Brian Keith, who teaches him how to shoot while counseling against revenge. Nonetheless, Sand doggedly scours one town after the other before finally running up against one of the murderers, Jesse Coe (Martin Landau). He finally kills Coe in a vicious knife fight, but is severely wounded himself and has to be nursed back to health by Neesa (Janet Margolin), a young Kiowa woman. He next heads for Louisiana where another of the murderous trio, Bill Bowdre (Arthur Kennedy), is serving a prison sentence in a remote swamp. In order to get close to the man, Sand stages a robbery, and is soon among the prison inmates. This was the only film on which McQueen worked with Landau, the only other person admitted to the Actor's Studio out of thousands of applicants in 1957. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi
- Directed By
- Henry Hathaway
- Written By
- John Michael Hayes
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 10, 1966 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
Not a worthless film, although it's impossible to take seriously.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Overlong, dull and labored follow-up to Harold Robbins' The Carpetbaggers.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Gritty revenge western with McQueen in top form.
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Wesley Lovell, Apollo Guide
The DVD has no unique or interesting features and what it does have is pretty unimpressive.
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Wesley Lovell, Apollo Guide
The best thing that can be said about Nevada Smith is that it goes in, does what it needs to do, and gets out before it's too late.
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Cast
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Steve McQueen
as Nevada Smith/Max Sand
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Karl Malden
as Tom Fitch
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Brian Keith
as Jonas Cord
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Arthur Kennedy
as Bill Bowdre
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Suzanne Pleshette
as Pilar
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Raf Vallone
as Father Zaccardi
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Janet Margolin
as Neesa
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Pat Hingle
as Big Foot
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Howard Da Silva
as Warden
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Martin Landau
as Jesse Coe
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Paul Fix
as Sheriff Bonnell
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Gene Evans
as Sam Sand
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Josephine Hutchinson
as Mrs. Elvira McCanles
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John Doucette
as Uncle Ben McCanles
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Val Avery
as Buck Mason
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Sheldon Allman
as Sheriff
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Lyle Bettger
as Jack Rudabaugh
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Bert Freed
as Quince
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David McLean
as Romero
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Steve Mitchell
as Buckshot
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Merritt Bohn
as Riverboat Pilot
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Sandy Kenyon
as Bank Clerk
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John Lawrence
as Hogg
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Stanley Adams
as Storekeeper
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George Mitchell
as Paymaster
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John Litel
as Doctor
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Ted de Corsia
as Hudson Bartender
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Strother Martin
as Strother
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Ric Roman
as Cipriano
