Blue (1968)

Director:

Silvio Narizzano

Writers:

Ronald M. Cohen (screenplay)
Ronald M. Cohen (story)
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Release Date:

10 May 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Western

Tagline:

The Rio Grande runs red when Blue changes sides.

Plot:

A Mexican bandit, part of a gang led by his father, goes on a raid into the U.S. He falls for a beautiful...

Plot Keywords:

Mexican | Moral Transformation | Outlaw Gang | Haunted By The Past | Rancher

Cast

Terence Stamp	...	Blue
Joanna Pettet	...	Joanne Morton
Karl Malden	...	Doc Morton
Stathis Giallelis	...	Manuel
Sally Kirkland	...	Sarah Lambert
Robert Lipton	...	Antonio
Ricardo Montalban	...	Ortega
Sara Vardi	...	Inez
James Westerfield	...	Abe Parker
Kevin Corcoran	...	Rory Calvin
Ivalou Redd	...	Helen Buchanan
Dorothy Konrad	...	Alma Wishoff
Helen Kleeb	...	Elizabeth Parker
Michael Bell	...	Jim Benton
Anthony Costello	...	Jess Parker
Joe De Santis	...	Carlos
Carlos East	...	Xavier
Peggy Lipton	...	Laurie Kramer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alma Beltran	...	Cantina Proprietress
Wes Bishop	...	Settler
Jerry Gatlin	...	Wes Lambert
Bill Shannon	...	Police Chief (as William Shannon)

Directed by
Silvio Narizzano

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ronald M. Cohen		screenplay
Ronald M. Cohen		story
Meade Roberts		writer

Produced by
Judd Bernard	....	producer
Irwin Winkler	....	producer

Original Music by
Manos Hatzidakis		(as Manos Hadjidakis)

Cinematography by
Stanley Cortez

Film Editing by
Stu Linder

Art Direction by
Albert Brenner
Hal Pereira
Al Roelofs

Set Decoration by
Claude E. Carpenter

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Nellie Manley	....	hair stylist supervisor
Gary Morris	....	makeup artist
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor
Bertha French	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Joseph E. Kenney	....	unit production manager
John Morrison	....	unit production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yakima Canutt	....	second unit director
Jack Corrick	....	assistant director: second unit
Joseph Lenzi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Tony Wade	....	property master (as Anthony Wade)

Sound Department
John R. Carter	....	sound recordist
John Wilkinson	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart	....	process photography

Stunts
Yakima Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Combs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Shannon	....	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pat Kelly	....	wardrobe: men
Ann Landers	....	wardrobe: woman

Music Department
Leo Arnaud	....	orchestrator
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Doris Grau	....	script supervisor
Sally Kirkland	....	dialogue coach
Anthony Pratt	....	visual consultant

Production Companies

• Kettledrum Productions
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• Afex Filmverleih (1968) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1977) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Nothing's New Video (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Moskwood Media (????) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:M | West Germany:12 (f: fr,16) | Norway:16

Filming Locations:

Seven Mile Canyon, Utah, USA

Company:

Kettledrum Productions

Trivia:

Robert Redford originally agreed to play Blue and backed out at the last minute. He was sued by Paramount and afterward refused Roman Polanski's offer to play Guy Woodhouse in Paramount's Rosemary's Baby (1968).

Quotes:

Blue:I'm tired, Mr. Parker... particularly of you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fade-In (1968) (TV)

Blue is worth seeing

Although it has been castigated by the critics, this movie still has a lot going for it and is definitely worth seeing. Given a big budget for its time, it has outstanding photography, beautiful scenic vistas, a very good music score and great stunt work by the legendary Yakima Cannutt. It also has Terence Stamp, who is always worth watching, no matter what he does (if we skip Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). Yes, it is not hard to tell that he is an Englishman playing an American raised by Mexicans, but his lines are few and far between, and who cares anyway? If we can have Englishmen and Australians playing Roman gladiators without critical comment, let's give this one a break. I admit that, although the plot line intended to contrast a violent past with the power of love, a complete lack of tenderness in the love scenes was laughable. But overall, this movie beats most of John Wayne's westerns by a mile.