Bandolero! dvd movie.|
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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Anamorphic • Color • Dolby • Dubbed • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 01 June, 1968 DVD Release : 09 March, 2004 |
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Bandolero! description Bandolero! peaks early, with a long, immensely satisfying opening half-hour in which cowpoke James Stewart saves his bank-robber brother (Dean Martin) from the hangman's noose... by strolling into town and masquerading as the hangman. As the brothers depart into Mexico, with a comely hostage (Raquel Welch) in tow, the action becomes more conventional. It's handsomely shot on eye-filling locations by outdoorsy veteran Andrew V. McLaglen (clever Jerry Goldsmith score, too). George Kennedy plays the lovelorn sheriff in pursuit, leading his half-hearted posse through bandito territory. Credibility suffers with Raquel's fabulous hair, which weathers kidnapping and life on the dusty trail with an unlikely sheen. Stewart and Martin, meanwhile, are too casual to allow the already-relaxed story to build up any real heat. For Western fans, the opening should make it worthwhile, even if it eventually becomes apparent why this one isn't considered a classic. --Robert Horton |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | The First Thirty Minutes are Great |
| The opening bank robbery is gripping. Then Jimmy Stewart comes in and steals the film as the ingenious brother who impersonates a hangman to free the Bishop gang on the gallows. I watched the film on AMC just now and for the first half hour I was thinking "Why have I never heard of this amazing western?"
I should have turned off the TV right there. The second 2/3rds is one long slow chase scene through the Mexican desert with a big shooting finish. Yawn. |
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