Story Line
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.
“A herd of cattle against a herd of cannon!”
Top Cast
William Holden
Alvarez Kelly
Richard Widmark
Col. Tom Rossiter
Janice Rule
Liz Pickering
Patrick O'Neal
Maj. Albert Stedman
Victoria Shaw
Charity Warwick
Roger C. Carmel
Capt. Angus Ferguson
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Rating
6.2/ 10
Release Date
1966-10-06
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
WesternWar
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
5/10
•2/9/2017In every war...in every age...the forgotten weapon is food....
Alvarez Kelly is directed by Edward Dmytryk and stars William Holden & Richard Widmark. It's written by Elliott Arnold & Franklin Coen (Dan Taradash uncredited for tidying it up), the ...
Wuchak
6/10
•3/15/2022_**Confederate and Union troops fighting over a herd of cattle**_
During the partial siege of Richmond–Petersburg in September 1864 a troop of Confederates mean to acquire 3000 cattle from Mexico meant for consumption by the Union Army. William Ho...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•5/20/2026There are a lot of hungry Confederate soldiers in besieged Richmond, so their colonel "Rossiter" (Richard Widmark) sets his sights on the big herd that Mexican "Kelly" (William Holden) usually delivers to the bluecoats to help solve this problem. "Ke...