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Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer:
Ric Hardman (written by)
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Release Date:
25 February 1966 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Romance | Western more
Plot:
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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James Stewart ... Sam Burnett

Maureen O'Hara ... Martha Price
Brian Keith ... Alexander Bowen
Juliet Mills ... Hilary Price
Don Galloway ... Jamie Bowen
David Brian ... Charles Ellsworth

Jack Elam ... Deke Simons

Ben Johnson ... Jeff Harter
Harry Carey Jr. ... Ed Mabry
Perry Lopez ... Juan
Larry Domasin ... Alberto
Silvia Marino ... Conchita
Alan Caillou ... John Taylor
Gregg Palmer ... Rodenbush
Barbara Werle ... Gert
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | USA:Approved (Certificate #21023) | USA:Not Rated (DVD) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
California, USA more
Company:
Universal Pictures more

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Maureen O'Hara adored Jimmy Stewart, but Jimmy was not "perfect." She said "Jimmy - bless his heart - pulled another ... well, Jimmy. Jimmy was never one to happily share a scene. One day on the shoot, Maureen poured everything she had into the scene they were doing and knew, Maureen had stolen it from Jimmy. We broke, and between takes, Jimmy went to his dressing room while my new makeup man, Whitey Snyder, within a few minutes, the assistant director came to the set and announced that they were wrapping for the day. Mr. Stewart had suddenly come down with a mysterious illness and was unable to return to the set.They showed up for work the next day to finish shooting the scene, new pages of script were handed out. The scene had been completely rewritten overnight and was now impossible for Maureen to steal" Maureen was more amused then mad; there was no friction or anything. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Martha Evans: What on earth are they doing?
Charles Ellsworth: It's called bulldogging, ma'am. That's Bulldog Burnett. He works for my outfit.
Hilary Price: Well, it's a perfectly silly way to handle cattle if you ask me.
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Vindicating a Muley Bull, 14 November 2006
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

The Rare Breed is the second of four films James Stewart did with director Andrew V. McLaglen. This is a fictionalized account about how Hereford cattle came to the great state of Texas. In this film Stewart brought a breeding bull together with his owners, Maureen O'Hara and Juliet Mills.

The question of course is whether the breed can stand up to a harsh and cruel Texas winter and breed calves. I guess since in real life there are a whole lot of Hertford cattle all over the USA now, the answer is they could. Of course in the film it involved some sacrifice in regard to some notions the women had, especially Juliet Mills who regards the bull Vindicator as a family pet.

Stewart's character, Sam 'Bulldog' Burnett has a bit of the rogue to him, but he certainly turns out to be the decent reliable Jimmy Stewart that movie audiences for three generations loved. Irish born Maureen is a proper English lady and Juliet Mills does very well as the daughter.

In her memoirs Maureen O'Hara said that some scenes she states she stole from Jimmy Stewart got cut from the final print. In watching The Rare Breed tonight, there were some illusions to some banter and a horse race that we just see the finish of. I'm sure that was what she was referring to although it's pure speculation as to the reason for the edit.

But if Maureen was worried about scene stealing, the guy who stole the film completely is Brian Keith. He plays the Scotch Texas cattle baron with proper brogue and a wild appearance. When we first see him, he's a real frontier character with a possible aversion to soap and water. Maureen has a civilizing affect on him and Keith becomes a rival to Stewart for her affections. He's quite a sight in the uniform of his former Highland regiment playing the bagpipes.

The Rare Breed doesn't rank up there with most of the Anthony Mann westerns of the Fifties. But it's entertaining enough and nothing anyone in the cast need be ashamed of.

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