Bandolero! (1968)

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers:

James Lee Barrett (screenplay)
Stanley Hough (story)

Release Date:

1 June 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Western

Tagline:

There are "Westerns" and "Westerns". Every now and then comes a NEW kind of Western. This is "BANDOLERO!".

Plot:

Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother...

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Gallows | Hangman | Mexican | Outlaw

Cast

James Stewart	...	Mace Bishop
Dean Martin	...	Dee Bishop
Raquel Welch	...	Maria Stoner
George Kennedy	...	Sheriff July Johnson
Andrew Prine	...	Deputy Sheriff Roscoe Bookbinder
Will Geer	...	Pop Chaney
Clint Ritchie	...	Babe Jenkins
Denver Pyle	...	Muncie Carter
Tom Heaton	...	Joe Chaney
Rudy Diaz	...	Angel
Sean McClory	...	Robbie O'Hare
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Cort Hayjack (as Harry Carey)
Don 'Red' Barry	...	Jack Hawkins (as Donald Barry)
Guy Raymond	...	Ossie Grimes
Perry Lopez	...	Frisco
Jock Mahoney	...	Stoner
Dub Taylor	...	Attendant
Big John Hamilton	...	Bank customer
Robert Adler	...	Ross Harper (as Bob Adler)
John Mitchum	...	Bathhouse customer
Patrick Cranshaw	...	Bank clerk (as Joseph Patrick Cranshaw)
Roy Barcroft	...	Bartender
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Gray	...	(uncredited)
Wade Phillips	...	Member of Sheriff July Johnson's Posse (uncredited)

Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen

Writing credits
James Lee Barrett		(screenplay)
Stanley Hough		(story) (as Stanley L. Hough)

Produced by
Robert L. Jacks	....	producer (as Robert L.Jacks)

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
William H. Clothier

Film Editing by
Folmar Blangsted

Art Direction by
Jack Martin Smith
Alfred Sweeney		(as Alfred Sweeney Jr.)

Set Decoration by
Chester L. Bayhi
Walter M. Scott

Makeup Department
Del Acevedo	....	makeup artist
Edith Lindon	....	hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist (as Dan Striepeke)
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Jack Stubbs	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Morse Jr.	....	assistant director

Sound Department
David Dockendorf	....	sound
Herman Lewis	....	sound

Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Emil Kosa Jr.	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
Hal Needham	....	stunt coordinator
Wilford Brimley	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Combs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Donna Garrett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Gray	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Harris	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tex Hill	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jock Mahoney	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted Mapes	....	stunt double: James Stewart (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Orrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Somers	....	stunts (uncredited)
Norm Taylor	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rock A. Walker	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas Del Ruth	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (as Herbert Spencer)

Other crew
Dominic Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1968) (France) (theatrical)
• Centfox (1968) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox Films (1968) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1972) (USA) (TV)
• Key Video (1988) (USA) (VHS) (For CBS/Fox Video)
• TV3 (1989) (Finland) (TV)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1998) (Finland) (TV)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)
• ClassicLine (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (USA) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence (re-rating) (2004)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP (re-release) (1971) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (2004) | USA:GP (original rating) | UK:15 | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Lee's Ferry, Arizona, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Cameo: [Wade Phillips]One of the men killed by the bandits. He is/was also the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: This movie takes place just after the Civil War, yet the hangman claims to have just passed through Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City did not exist until 1889, after the land run.

Quotes:

Pop Chaney:You see, there things a man ought never do - spit in church, scratch his self in front of his ma, and pick his nose. Yes that's what my pa learned me and it stood me in good step.
Mace Bishop:I don't imagine your pa ever mentioned shooting people, and burning their house down, and stealing, and things like that?
Pop Chaney:Well, I'm talking about mannerly things Mr. Bishop. I ain't talking about making a living.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "David Walliams' Awfully Good: Awfully Good Movies (#1.3)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Nelly Bly

Names of 3 characters in this movie re-used in Lonesome Dove

This is a pretty entertaining movie - not one of the best westerns any of these actors ever made, but it's always fun to watch Jimmy Stewart and George Kennedy do their thing. Dean Martin isn't bad, Raquel Welch looks great, but at this point she still needed to expand her talent. Entertaining plot, decent action, but the thing I think is most interesting are the names of three of the characters: The sheriff is July Johnson and his deputy's name is Roscoe, and the main villain's name is Dee, all names used in the same way in the great TV movie Lonesome Dove.