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The Bravados
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7.0/10   1,268 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Philip Yordan (screenplay)
Frank O'Rourke (novel)
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Release Date:
1 August 1958 (West Germany) more
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Tagline:
A Powerful Western Tale of Revenge and Redemption more
Plot:
Jim Douglas has been relentlessly pursuing the four outlaws who murdered his wife, but finds them in jail about to be hanged... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Reviews:
Tremendous tale of revenge more (36 total)

Cast

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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)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Norway:16 | USA:Approved (certificate #19005) | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1989)

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Gregory Peck stated that the movie was written as an attack on McCarthyism, which he strongly opposed. more
Quotes:
Jim Douglass: You're wasting a lot of good lumber. A tree does just as well.
Sheriff Sanchez: They were sentenced to be hanged - not lynched!
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Referenced in C'era una volta il West (1968) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Tremendous tale of revenge, 10 March 2007
9/10
Author: drystyx from United States

I'll try not write the big spoilers in this review. This is a tremendous story of revenge, and how it consumes a man, and how it can be hazardous. Peck plays a man who wants revenge for his wife's murder. He follows the trail of four bandits who are about to be hanged, and this is one stellar super star cast of bandits-the smirky handsome Stephen Boyd, the introverted Henry Silva, the gruff Albert Salmi, and later star Lee Van Cleef. They bandits escape, and Peck chases them, cheered on by nearly all of the people he meets. The four men commit evil upon evil, but most of it is done by Boyd. Silva is more or less their guide, and he exudes the most sympathy from the viewer. The movie is perfectly written and directed. It makes the viewer cheer each time Peck kills a bad man, just what the movie wants you to do. In the end, it turns out to be more of a thinking man's movie, and it makes you ask yourself some questions, and at the same time, entertain you. A great movie.

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