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| Genre | Westerns |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC |
| Contributor | Joan Collins, Philip Yordan, Kathleen Gallant, Albert Salmi, Barry Coe, Herbert Rudley, Henry King, Henry Silva, Andrew Duggan, Lee Van Cleef, George Voskovec, Stephen Boyd, Frank O'Rourke, Gregory Peck, Ken Scott See more |
| Language | English, French, Spanish |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 38 minutes |
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Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) rides into town the night before the hanging of four outlaws. He's been on their trail, believing they raped and killed his wife. But hours before the execution, the four escape, taking a beautiful young woman hostage. Now it
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 Ounces
- Director : Henry King
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 38 minutes
- Release date : May 24, 2005
- Actors : Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : French (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 4.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B0007PALJS
- Writers : Frank O'Rourke, Philip Yordan
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #35,901 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #662 in Westerns (Movies & TV)
- #3,879 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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Despite a three-year war in Korea, though the U.S. cold war with the Soviet Union was heating up to the point of near mass public paranoia, and never forget the McCarthy hearings, this decade was America’s utopian dream come true, the decade of prosperity following a devastating war. It was good times for most people, especially if one was white, straight, and male. So it was the best of times for many people as it was the worst of times for other people. Amid all this, during this decade, great movies were made. One of those movies is this one, The Bravados, starring Gregory Peck and Joan Collins.
The story starts out simple enough: A stranger, wearing dark clothes, rides his horse into a sleepy little, prairie town, one preparing itself for a hanging. So small this town, so unfamiliar the stranger, that his presence receives immediate attention. A once sleepy town now comes awake. It is the day before the hanging. We learn our hero, the stranger in town, that he is here in order to witness tomorrow’s hanging of four bad-guys. His manner is aloof, a man of few words, not icy but cool towards anyone friendly enough to extend a hand of friendship. Peck plays our hero, the protagonist, who will turn out to be somewhat an anti-hero. His character demonstrates dimensions of complexity as the story unfolds.
Through prearranged plotting with an outsider, the criminals, the jailed criminals, are able to escape from the local jail. With stolen horses, guns, and with a local girl, kidnapped, they ride into the open country confident they will successfully escape.
Well, that begins our hero’s journey. He with men of the town, in posse, ride off after the jail-breakers. Our hero has a vendetta to fulfill as we will learn with the story’s development. Upon its conclusion arises an unexpected irony making the story unexpectedly interesting.
As a whole, this western story is very good. The scenes were shot in wonderful country settings, thinking maybe Yellowstone? The acting of actors in supporting roles is something left wanting. At times, the screenplay exposes it own story holes in the very story it is meant to convey. But Peck’s acting is very good, maybe remarkable. Joan Collins seen in her youth is a tremendous beauty. Her character is weak, partly not a fault of her won due to the scrawny screenplay writing with which she had to work, with which to flesh out a character, succeeding at portraying a very two-dimensional character.
Without a doubt, this movie is entertaining. Its story interesting. The acting of the leading man is done admirably well. Movie cinematography is typical of that era, panoramic, vibrant with vivid colors, straight on filming, nothing fancy. The Bravados is an unexpectedly good western, recommended highly.
King collaborated often with Peck, and in Peck King had his best collaborator. Gregory Peck was the real deal. With Peck, one does not have to separate the artist or the persona from the actual person (as one has to with John Wayne). Gregory Peck fit the iconic bill of integrity and nobility on and off-screen and, thus, personifies the best and most honestly masculine qualities in the western, which, along with jazz, is one of the two great American art forms.
Together, King and Peck vividly imprinted these qualities into each film's characterization without flinching from the flaws, warts and frailties which flesh out and give resonance to that characterization. King and Peck had created their previous western "The Gunfighter" eight years earlier. That is a film which deserves all the accolades it has received. "The Bravados" has even less a reputation. It is a very different film than "The Gunfighter", yet it deserve a wider audience. While "The Gunfighter" was shot in stark black and white, "The Bravados" benefits greatly from Leon Shamroy's sense of composition and ethereal blue filters. On the surface, "The Bravados", at first, seems to be another standard revenge film, but it is the juxtaposition of faith and violence that gives this film its tensioned individuality. Here again, we have the authenticity of Peck, the off-screen man of a deep Catholic faith, that informs his role, imbuing it with a striking inner intensity. Peck conveys emotions with expertly gauged skill, acting with his eyes and internal hesitancy. He stops short of speaking several times. Peck makes this a remarkable role.
Then, in direct contrast, is Joan Collins. As the old flame, Collins was still fairly early in her career, and it shows. Despite her reputation, Collins did sharpen her acting skills considerably, but that is not in evidence here. In several scenes, such as her initial reunion with Peck, discovering his past via a local priest, and her pleading with him to take revenge, Collins registers stiffness. Her part is underwritten and awkward, rendering it as, mostly, one of decor, which she does succeed in filling out. Still, Peck's attraction to her never registers.
Future Stooge Joe DeRita is quite good in his eccentric characterization. His is a small role, but he fleshes it out with personality, making one wish he had gone this route instead. Of the four antagonists, only Stephen Boyd and Henry Silva have any real personality. Boyd vividly registers as a real, slimy threat. Silva employs admirably restrained depth when face to face with his hunter.
The shifting, contrasting landscapes make for interesting, expressionist parallels. The rugged, rocky canyon terrain gives way to an ominous forest in which Peck both murders and escapes murder. A waterfall gives temporary sustenance. A small, claustrophobic cabin houses the ugly, terrible truth. The unrealistically large Catholic parish contains the vast possibilities of sanctuary and redemption, but that is only reached after revelation at the home of the good thief, where Peck is met with surprising hospitality and familiarity of family.
"The Bravados" is a harsh, brooding, tautly paced example of the 1950s western at its most adult. Despite some minor flaws, it is a stand-out in its genre, during the genre's greatest decade.
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A Good film, with a surprise ending.
1 hr 32 min 2.35:1 ratio language/subtitles 12 chapters No extras







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