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Peck plays Jim Douglass, a dark, haunted man who rides into a Southwest border town on the eve of a hanging. The bad men set for the drop (Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Lee Van Cleef, Henry Silva) are the same ones he's been pursuing for the rape and murder of his wife. Douglass isn't happy about leaving it to the law to carry out his vengeance--and so there's a certain bleak satisfaction when the quartet busts out of jail, and he becomes the best hope for hunting them down.
Perversity wasn't King's long suit, so Philip Yordan's screenplay about a hero turning more sinister than the outlaws he's chasing never acquires the demonic power or ironic flair that an Anthony Mann, Fritz Lang, or Robert Aldrich might have lent it. Yet the very foursquareness of King's style and approach--and Peck's earnest efforts to fight through his accustomed stolidity to hit the necessary notes of desperation and finally shame--make for a fascination all their own. Joan Collins hovers handsomely on the periphery as an old friend ready to redeem Douglass, and Joe (Curly Joe-to-be) De Rita makes an uncredited appearance as the hangman. --Richard T. Jameson
| ACTORS: | Gregory Peck, Joan Collins |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Henry King |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1958 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Western |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 086162149436 |
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Very good western with a twist The Bravados is an excellent western with a great cast and a good twist towards the end. Jim Douglas is a rancher who has been tracking the four men who raped and murdered his wife. Coming upon a town, Douglas discovers the four men have been captured and are to be hung the next day. The night before the hanging, the gang escapes town with a hostage. Rancher Douglas and a town posse must go after them to try and bring them to justice. This is a very exciting western that suprised me a bit with the twist ending, but it works here. The movie is beautifully shot although I'm not sure where it was filmed. For a western with a good cast and excellent shoot-outs, the Bravados is well worth a watch.
Gregory Peck is excellent as rancher Jim Douglas who relentlessly pursues the men who he believes killed his wife. This reminded me of his performance in The Gunfighter to a certain extent. Joan Collins is pretty good in a small part as a townswoman who takes an interest in Douglas. The gang who murdered Douglas' wife is played by Stephen Boyd, Henry Silva, Lee Van Cleef, and Albert Salmi. The movie also stars Kathleen Gallant, Gene Evans, and Joe DeRita of Three Stooges fame. The VHS is in standard format. The Bravados cries out for a widescreen DVD release since it is such a beautifully shot western. DVD release or not, the Bravados is an excellent western with a very good performance by Gregory Peck and well worth a watch.
A good old fashioned western-where's the dvd!
I first saw this film in 1958 in a theatre. I guess it made such a lasting impression because I was only nine years old and the combination of Gregory Peck's presence and the amazingly saturated colors of the film processing of the time made it a film I would always enjoy. I am truly sorry for those who feel it is necessary to pick the film apart because the lack of realism but hey folks, it's called suspension of disbelief! I could watch Gregory Peck read the phone book for an hour & a half. He was a real movie star (remember those?)and a very good actor on top of that. No one else could have done the job he did with "On The Beach" or "To Kill A Mockingbird". This film certainly doesn't compare to those cinema classics but imagine how terrible "The Bravados" would have been without him. This certainly is not a Hollywood classic, but it's an entertaining way to kill a couple of hours. While it was shot in CinemaScope they always show the pan & scan version on tv. It drives me nuts because the first five minutes are shown widescreen then the p&s version takes over. Hopefully the studio will release it on a budget priced dvd in anamorphic 2:35:1 for those of us who are fans. Gregory Peck is gone now and "The Bravados" is just one more opportunity to enoy his amazing talent.
a very loose, poorly scripted and directed western
what a waste of gregory peck, one of the best actors ever existed. the lousy scripted, directed, mis-casted movie is one of the worst western classics ever viewed. the script is so loose, littered with lot of unnecessary scenes, dialogue. the tempo is so slow paced. the church scene should be deleted. why once the sheriff was killed, the role played by gregory peck suddenly became the leader? why nobody showed him any respect when he first showed up in town? what kinda role joan collins played meant anything in this movie? none of the posse brought pack horses, water canteens...yet they kept chasing along after the four jailbreakers without any problem? just because there were so many rivers or streams all way along? why the phony executioner showed up on time, and the real one didn't show up? the sheriff didn't check the credential of that guy? a small town with one huge cathedral? gregory peck chased and killed those four guyes one by one, but none of them ever admitted killing his wife and kid. when the two bad guys showed up and killed the kidnapped female hostage's horse, why that miner didn't take down his rifle to defend himself? why this miner got fresh eggs fried in the skillet? where did he get it? the bread/sandwish he put on the table looked like he just bought from the local supermarket, sliced so good and looked so soft. there are so many flaws leaking like hell in this lousy movie. if it's not gregory peck's presence, this movie should not even worth watching. +