Bandolero! (1968)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers:

James Lee Barrett (screenplay)
Stanley Hough (story)

Release Date:

1 June 1968 (USA)

Genre:

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 | Mexican | Gallows | Outlaw | Hangman

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 clerk
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)

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)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1972) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• 20th Century Fox (1968) (France) (theatrical)
• Centfox (1968) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)
• ClassicLine (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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:

Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This was the first appearance of a character known as Sheriff July Johnson, played by George Kennedy. Larry McMurtry would use this name later in Lonesome Dove, with the sheriff this time played by Chris Cooper.

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:

Maria Stoner: Mr. Carter, I was a whore at the age of 13 and my family never went hungry.

A typical western of the late sixties era, noticeably missing the Duke, but with James Stewart making up for it.

This circa 1968 horse opera lacks the violence that was in vogue in most American Westerns of that time (thanks to the immediate success of the Spaghetti variety and Peckinpah's WILD BUNCH). This film is actually a somewhat gentle study of post-civil-war brothers who've drifted apart but want to maintain loyalty to each other. Stewart and Dean Martin are less-than-convincing as the brothers, but Martin holds his own with Jimmy playing up the sentimentality and romance. Raquel Welch is simply window dressing here, astonishingly attractive, but still just scenery as the love interest. She plays it with a self-indulgent Mexican accent that is sultry and amusing. The supporting cast is top-notch as these things go, and Jerry Goldsmith wrote one of his more jaunty themes for the title track. The new Fox DVD is crisp with well-saturated color and a surprisingly directional matrixed stereo soundtrack, livening up immensely Mr. Goldsmith's contribution.