Steve mcqueen a list of 26 titles created 11 sep 2017 western days, on the river a list of 39 titles created 30 may 2017 see all related lists. Set in the west of the 1890s, the film opens with the torture and murder of the parents of max sand steve mcqueen by a trio of gunslingers seemingly motivated by their hostility toward the mixed. Mcqueen was 36 years old when the movie took place, so why did they keep telling him youre just a kid. Frank bullitt with his colt diamondback in bullitt 1968. The blob steve 1958 hour of stars kinsella 1 episode. Western adventure, starring steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy and suzanne pleshette.
Nevada smith 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The story obviously spans many years in max sands life and if the writers had played this up more mcqueens age would not have mattered. It appears to have been a 3way deal between paramount, levines embassy pictures, and steve mcqueens personal solar productions. Nevada smith 1966 steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian. I dont know if youve read the carpetbaggers, it was a very good book but way, way more violent then anything the movie could have portrayed. Nevada smith is a revenge movie, but closer in spirit to the bravados than a death wishstyle exercise in nihilism. See more ideas about nevada smith, steve mcqueen and steve mc.
They picked some great stars in it with mcqueen naturally playing the titled role. Steve mcqueen was the second album by english pop band prefab sprout, which was released in june 1985. See the full movie here steve mcqueen 24th march 1930 7th november 1980. Nevada smith 2009 stream and watch online moviefone. Watch nevada smith online stream full movie directv. The film was made by embassy pictures and solar productions, in association with and released by paramount pictures. Uneducated young max sand mcqueen is the product of a mixed marriagea white father and a kiowa mother. See more ideas about steve mcqueen, nevada smith and mcqueen. Nevada smith is a very well done movie and as i love westerns i have watched it twice. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.
Jan 24, 2015 explore bertiefosters board steve mcqueen. He was considered one of the biggest boxoffice draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a. Nevada smith is that characters backstory, a tossedoff tale of coldblooded revenge that becomes a thin western backed with all the resources hollywood can offer. The max sand backstory in harold robbinss trashy the carpetbaggers an enjoyable wallow onscreen in 1964 made for a solid western vehicle for steve mcqueen at his peak. Nevada smith is a 1966 american western film directed by henry hathaway and starring steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy and suzanne pleshette. Nevada smith 2009 cast and crew halfbreed max sand steve mcqueen witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track down and kill the gang of men who did it.
Set in the west of the 1890s, the film opens with the torture and murder of the parents of max sand steve mcqueen by a trio of gunslingers seemingly. Nevada smith is a 1966 american western film directed by henry hathaway and starring steve mcqueen. A friend sent me a text about seeing nevada smith on tv tonight and noted that steve mcqueen used a winchester 76. Another uk band, the automatic, released a single called steve mcqueen as the lead single to their 2008 album this is a fix.
Young max, offspring of a white father and indian mother. Steve mcqueen is an icon and is still considered hip and cool steve mcqueen died of a lung. This is a discussion on nevada smith movie rifle within the lever action forums, part of the gun forum category. Mcqueens production company, solar, financed the film, and it was a major hit in its day. While the movie is a western and has plenty of action, it also takes a deep look into. Steve mcqueen was one of the most popular and successful film actors of the 1960s and 1970s.
Louis cathedral can be seen in the film image below. Nevada smith 1966 steve mcqueen in nevada smith 1966 nevada smith 1966. Steve mcqueen march 24, 1930 november 7, 1980 was an american movie actor, nicknamed the king of cool. Steve mcqueen list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Nevada smith is a morality play, for sure, but at the same time, its a good dose of. Halfbreed max sand steve mcqueen witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track down and kill the gang of men who did it. Even if she was a young looking 50 years old, she had him when she was 14, or mcqueen is playing a 24 year old. This is a beautiful region showing the eastern side of the southern sierras. Steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy, suzanne pleshette, henry hathaway. Released april 20th, 2009, nevada smith stars steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 10 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Good story, good entertainment and some sharp looking hats. Set in the west of the 1890s, the film opens with the torture and murder of the parents of max sand steve mcqueen by a trio of gunslingers seemingly motivated by their hostility toward the mixed nature of the marriage, since the wife is a native american. I was watching this movie not long ago for the 50th or 60th time, im a big steve mcqueen fan, and noticed something which has always grabbed my attention. Here, before becoming a cowboy movie star, mcqueen spends his time tracking down the killers of his parents, with the aid of gunsmith and sharpshooter keith.
At age 36, steve mcqueen is a bit hard to believe as a kid. Steve mcqueen with a colt m1911 government in the getaway 1972. With steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy. When his father is killed by three men over gold, nevada sets out to find them and kill them. A half american indian and half white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents murderers. Nevada smithsteve mcqueen, brian keith, karl malden, suzanne pleshette, arthur kennedy, martin landau, janet margolin, paul fix 1966. Henry hathaways film is based on a character from harold robbins the carpetbaggers, who, in turn, based it on cowboy actor ken maynard. Steve mcqueen 19301980 as bill ringa with m1928a1 thompson and luger p08 in never so few 1959. On his quest, he meets jonas cord brian keith, a gunsmith who unsuccessfully tries to persuade max to give up his vendetta. Nevada smith is the young son of an indian mother and white father. Our take on the nevada smith movie hat, worn by steve mcqueen. Nevada smith takes as its basis the earlier life of a character featured in the carpetbaggers 1964. The way nevada smith killed the three men in the book still gives me chills when i.
Brian keith plays the worldwise mentor who teaches mcqueen to handle a pistol, and sets him up with the skills needed to go after maldens gang. There is a view of a wall of peaks, most of those peaks are over,000ft. In that earlier film the part of nevada smith was played by alan ladd, but here steve mcqueen steps into the role to. The name nevada smith was the original inspiration for the name indiana jones. In the early part of the movie, max sand mcqueen uses an unusual percussiontype rifle, which, if im not seeing things, looks to be an overunder arrangement, with one barrel being a. Nevada smith, released in 1966, tells the back story of one of the characters from 1964s the carpetbaggers, with both films being based upon events in the harold robbins novel.
Based on the characters in harold robbins the carpetbaggers, this is the story nevada smith steve mcqueen, a halfbreed native american whose parents are viciously murdered by a gang of toughs led by tom fitch karl malden. The movie nevada smith was not shot in nevada, it was filmed in owens valley california, mostly north of lone pine. A then 30something steve mcqueen stars as max sand a. Louis cathedral on the right of this image on jackson square, new orleans. The movie was a prequel to the harold robbins novel the carpetbaggers, which had been made into a highly successful film two years earlier, with alan ladd playing mcqueens part as an older man. Chester maydole photographer with steve mcqueen st. Steve mcqueen full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. This episodic vengeance western is one of steve mcqueens few works in the genre. Steve mcqueen was the prototypical example of a new sort of movie star which emerged in the 1950s and would come to dominate the screen in the 1960s and 70s a cool, remote loner who knew how to use his fists without seeming like a.
Steve mcqueen cowboy hat archives the last best west. Nevada smith when three men, claiming to be friends of his father, ask young half native american max sand steve mcqueen the way to his parents depleted gold mine, max doesnt hesitate in giving them directions. Steve mcqueen is always good, but the movie compares nothing to the book. George lucas named him indiana after his dog, and smith after this movie.
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