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Rock solid even if it never becomes the BARRY LYNDON-esque bildungsroman you want it to be. Always up for a Karl Malden heel turn.
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A revenge tale that goes on too long. In the beginning Steve McQueen is supposed to be a kid, and half-Indian at that. He doesn’t look either. McQueen is Max Sand, and three guys ride by while he’s working by a river, and they ask about Sam Sand, he tells them that’s his dad and where his mine is located. The guys then run off his horses and take off. By the time he gets back to his house his parents are dead. He sets out to find them, one by one, going from the desert southwest to Abilene, Kansas, then he gets himself put into prison in Louisiana to get another one, then back out west. Other than the…
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Nevada Smith is a strangely put-together revenge flick that asks its audience to swallow two pretty enormous casting stretches: we’re supposed to believe that 35-year-old Steve McQueen is a 16-year-old boy and that this blue-eyed, blonde-haired actor is half Native American. I normally like McQueen, but he was simply the wrong choice for Max Sand. Then they compound the problem by casting Suzanne Pleshette as a Cajun, proving that Hollywood’s questionable casting decisions were apparently operating without adult supervision. The film is also far too long and slow-paced for a revenge story that should have considerably more bite. There is a solid supporting cast, including Brian Keith, Martin Landau and Karl Malden, but even that impressive lineup can’t rescue this miscast and overly padded Western.
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DVD. Western. A young half-breed goes in search of the three men who tortured and murdered his parents. Given the film’s length, Nevada Smith is intended as a saga of vengeance, but unfortunately it’s little more than a succession of encounters and scenes, most of which are loosely linked. Furtermore, given the age difference between Steve McQueen and the character he plays, his first adventures – which, if we understand the story, should be formative given his naiveté – are ridiculous, the actor choosing to put on a dim-witted air to remind the viewer that he’s a teenager with no experience of life. Opposite the three men wanted by Nevada Smith, we find three women, Neesa, Jesse Coe’s wife and…
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Thx Andy for the recommendation and yep you were right. Excellent revenge western with a prime McQueen in main role. Great climax and story in general but the runtime still is a bit too long but at all very enjoyable for western fans.
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Rachewestern mit Steve McQueen in der Rolle des Halbbluts Max Sand. Max’s Eltern werden brutal von drei Banditen ermordet. Fortan sinnt der junge Max auf Rache, lässt sich das Schießen, Schreiben und Lesen beibringen und macht sich auf die monate- bzw. jahrelange Jagd nach den Mördern. Ein sehr spannender und authentischer Western. Die Figuren sind durchweg interessant allen voran die des Max Sand. Einziges Manko: Steve McQueen damals bereits 35 Jahre alt, spielt den anfangs 16jährigen Max Sand. Das passt rein von der Optik nicht. Die Verkörperung ist natürlich klasse. McQueen steht bekanntlich für Qualität. Neben McQueen spielt noch Karl Malden mit, vielen sicherlich noch als Cop aus den Straßen von San Francisco in Erinnerung. Ein Western, den man sich durchaus mal ansehen sollte. Western-Fans sowieso also Clint schnell auf die Watchlist setzen 😉 Andy’s-Western-Ranking
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Woovember 2020: Film #28 Watch an action film starring Steve McQueen to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Magnificent Seven What do you think you’re after, three preachers? You gonna gun ’em down at 80 yards when they’re coming out of a church social? You’re hunting three men who steal because they’re too damn lazy to work, and they kill because they love to, and they hide out like rats in the garbage. So if you’re gonna get ’em, you’re gonna have to eat, drink, and wallow in that garbage right with ’em, ’til you get so you think like ’em and smell like ’em. This revenge western gets pretty rough in some scenes, almost like the kinda stuff you’d see in an Italian picture from that period. Also part of the trusting Arthur Kennedy ruins everything subgenre.
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1966 Ranked Physically Owned Films Nevada Smith is really surprising. It isn’t just a simple Western, but a dark Western, a prison break movie, a revenge-o-matic, and a bayou exploitation film. It might be a masterpiece, except for two fatal flaws: First, the film is just too long. It borders on boring at times, and the length isn’t necessary, just bringing uncomfortable saddle sores to a potentially smooth narrative. Second, for the first time in about a dozen films, Steve McQueen didn’t work for me. He gets better as the film goes on for sure, but his portrayal of a naive mixed race youth is misplaced both physically and emotionally. There’s a lot to like here, but starting out with a suspect performance and unnecessary bloat ends up deflating Nevada Smith.
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»Halbblut« Steve McQueen bringt die drei brutalen Mörder seiner Eltern zur Strecke. Äußerlich wirkt er zwar wie der Mittdreißiger, der er damals war, soll aber einen 16 Jahre alten Teenager darstellen, der Mutter und Vater rächen will. Der Film ist für sein Baujahr 1966 erstaunlich explizit, was Gewalt und Nacktheit angeht. Zwei Jahre später drehte Henry Hathaway seinen John-Wayne-Klassiker TRUE GRIT, der vor einigen Jahren mit Jeff Bridges neu verfilmt wurde. Der Regisseur war in Western, Noirs und Kriegsfilmen zuhause. McQueen glückte bereits einige Jahre zuvor mit GESPRENGTE KETTEN der große Durchbruch.
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“Nevada Smith” is a 1966 western directed by Henry Hathaway. The film is a journeyman’s western, a showcasing tale of Steve McQueen’s character of Max Sand, dually the title character of “Nevada Smith” himself. Starting the narrative at a younger age, Sand accidentally directs three outlaws to the location of his mother and father, leading them to brutally murder them both in an attempt to rob their gold mine. Sand ideally takes it upon himself to follow in pursuit, but vastly stumbles to inexperience to the elements. There rest of the film sets as a build of him learning the ropes of gunfighting and tracking down each of the three outlaws within their own situations later on of life. A…
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Man… this movie really pissed me off lol like 2 hours invested in this dude hunting down the men who killed his family, and all these people tellin him “oh revenge is a fools game” or whatever. And then like he ignores them and kills two of the three, and literally leaves the one dying in a river…. and then says “youre not worth killing” BRUH. LIKE WHAT KINDA ASS BACKWARDS SHIT IS THAT?! You hunt this man, join the posse, lie. LIE LIKE NO ONE HAS LIED BEFORE… and then leave him for dead as if youre the bigger man. My god. What a bullshit ending. Movie was whatever til that point tho. McQueen plays like a child? Dudes like 30… idk… it worked for me since Im a western nerd. I can see how this film might be hard to swallow for lots of folks, but a decent western nonetheless.
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As a McQueen fan I’m rather disappointed with this one but pleased to have caught up and finally found this. Steve portrays a ruthless stalking revenge killer contradicting his signature onscreen cool persona so its somewhat unique. He portrays a naive 18 year old at age 35 – avenging the brutal murder of his native American Indian mother & caucasian father and it just seems a bit off key. It is described by many as a “classic western” rather long but…
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The brutality in the beginning is only suggested yet it hits hard. It gives reason for revenge. The story has slow momentum. At the midway point in the Louisiana swamps, things start getting more interesting. Revenge takes time. I didn’t quite believe 35-year-old McQueen as a teenage kid. He manages to portray growing up.
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Jonas Cord: “You’re hunting 3 men who steal, because they’re too damn lazy to work. They kill because they love to, & they hide out like rats in the garbage” Way back when, in high-school, I was a big Harrold Robbins fan, & read several of his steamy books. The character of Nevada Smith was the right hand man of Jonas Cord who was an aviation manufacturer. This movie places that character in a prequel. Its been years since seeing this, and…
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Different ending to most westerns.
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A decent revenge Western and my first Steve McQueen film. Is it normal that he’s being casted as a half-Indian teenager despite being the most 35 year old white man of all time? Aside from that, it’s also just too long, but I had to add half a star since I was able to point at the screen at some California shooting locations
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It’s got some interesting threads of a philosophical revenge story. Unfortunately, I never got over 36-year old Steve McQueen playing a little innocent boy who has to grow up when his parents are murdered.
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Meandering, anecdotal prequel to the previous year’s The Carpetbaggers starring Steve McQueen as the title character first portrayed as an older man by Alan Ladd, aka Max Sand, as he seeks revenge on the three men who killed his father and Native American mother over a number of years. It never rises to the level of very dramatic though a few of the incidents are well drawn, and certainly beautifully shot in wide-screen Panavision, but between McQueen’s stoic yet slack-jawed…
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I was writing a much longer review but the Letterboxd app shit the bed while I was in the middle of it, so fuck it… – Great McQueen Western that works beautifully as both prequel to the character from 1964’s The Carpetbaggers and as a standalone film… – McQueen great, Brian Keith great. Martin Landau, Arthur Kennedy, and Karl Malden also great and different foils to the main character’s revenge with Landau being more sociopathic, Kennedy being more sympathetic, and…
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Relatively dark and bleak…moreso than my expectationsm. It was also a bit of a slog. This goes on for too long, a lot of the Native American casting is way off the mark and sometimes it’s hard to root for the wronged guy who is seeking revenge. He causes a lot of mayhem in his pursuit though most of his resolution is satisfying. The last few minutes of the film seem like studio notes….ehh, you’ll see, or you won’t! I like a lot of Steve McQueen’s flicks but this is a lesser one.
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Not McQueens worst or best movie, it was alright
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Incredibly drawn out, meandering revenge western that could have benefited from about 40 minutes being cut from the film. McQueen zigzagging back and forth across the country looking for his parents killers, would have been a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ at 90 minutes.
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A movie trying to be a ton of things but ended up being none of them.
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got really spooked when they brought up religion because i was so scared they were gonna ruin this but it went okay the last guy did deserve to die though
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While there is a great cast here and Hathaway directs capably, I’m afraid I have to agree with other reviewers about the length and the character inconsistencies. The 3 villains are really good with a welcome against casting of Malden. Margolin and Pleshette are suitably hot. The story itself is very good and the production is top notch also. Worth a watch.
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Nice to see an actually successful Steve McQueen prison break for once.
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A ‘boy’ out to avenge his murdered parents but McQueen ain’t no child and his efforts to sound like a young ‘un are hokey. The journey to vengeance has some good plotting, like being arrested so you land up in a swamp jail that nobody ever escaped from. The scenery is sweet, the directing kinda average.
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As if gambling with Steve McQueen wasn’t intense enough in “The Cincinnati Kid”. Well, it was certainly a gamble to make a prequel nobody asked for to “The Carpetbaggers”, but I at least think the returns are rewarding. Even then, it’s still essentially a sensationalistic soap opera with too many characters and twists. There’s also so little subtlety that this ultimately cops to Christian redemption themes with the suggestion that a grown-ass man in 19th century rural America had never…
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This is a prequel to the movie The Carpetbaggers, which I watched a few days ago. In that movie, Nevada Smith was played by Alan Ladd. In this movie he’s played by Steve McQueen. First off, Nevada Smith is supposed to be 16 years old in the beginning of this movie. And he’s played not by a kid actor, but by 35 year old Steve McQueen who’s clearly a MAN and not 16 years old. Oh, and he’s supposed to…
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I love Steve McQueen, but he’s miscast in this role of a revenge-seeking teenager who grows into a man as dangerous as the ones he’s hunting. Not only is his 36-year-old self unconvincing as a teen (did they learn nothing from The Blob?), but he plays the character the same at the end of the movie as he did at the beginning. Any change in him is only observed by other characters in their dialogue. The movie’s also episodic as…
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Simple paint by numbers western. Steve is still the man tho. Great supporting cast of amazing actors.
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Havent finished it so far. Up to the prison work camp. Saw the first hour on itv4. Saw the next section on itvx. Watched it for joanna Moore . She has one scene which she nails. Loni Anderson is in it to. .I didnt spot her. Steve McQueen is miscast as a half indian callow youth. The lady who plays the Kiora girl ( Janet Margolin ) is similarly miscast. A revenge western. Also Martin Landau and Brian Keith as a Yodo type. Henry Hathaway directed better pictures (eg the desert fox ).. I have no real desire to resume watching.
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Portuguese & English review Portuguese- Visto diretamente na versão em DVD WideScreen Collection comercializada em Portugal com legendas em PT-PT. Nevada Smith (1966) é um Western que se posiciona na transição perfeita entre o classicismo do género e o revisionismo cru que marcaria o final da década de 60. Realizado por Henry Hathaway, o filme busca temas como a obsessão e na desumanização provocada pela busca da retaliação em formato de vingança pura. Hathaway, longe de romantizar a jornada do herói,…
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Nachdem brutale Revolverhelden (u.A. Karl Malden) die Familie von Halbblut Max Sand/Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen) ermorden, schwört dieser Rache. Western von Henry Hathaway grob basierend auf einem Roman, der 2 Jahre zuvor in Die Unersättlichen von Edward Dmytryk verfilmt wurde, hier jedoch angepasst. Dass McQueen dann aber einen 16-jährigen Halbindianer spielen soll, erschließt sich mir eigentlich nicht, aber da dass nicht zwangsläufig für die Story notwendig ist – auch wenn es die Rachestory sicher stützt, lasse ich mal durchgehen. Solide…
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Gooood western movie ,From the beginning to the end and so much an unexpected segment of events
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Plutôt un bon Western de vengeance, pas cliché grâce à une personnage de Steve McQueen vulnérable différent du héros habituel généralement présenté dans ce genre de film. 16,5/20
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Nevada Smith had a decent story to it which held my attention for the duration of the film, and there were an assortment of characters that ranged from relatable to those you don’t like throughout the film which made the story interesting as well. And there were some characters which could have had a little more screen time such as the ones played by Keith and Pleshette as I felt that they were interesting and added to the development to…
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Solid if not particularly remarkable revenge Western that benefits greatly from a cast full of “oh! That guy or gal!!” from the period. Needed more psychotic Karl Malden, though.
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Masterflohs Themenmonate für das Jahr 2026 | April 2026: ABC, das Film Alphabet Western, ranked Steve McQueen, ranked | Karl Malden, ranked Henry Hathaway, ranked Nach der Ermordung seiner Eltern durch ein Trio brutaler Outlaws dürstet es den jungen Halbindianer Max Sand nach Rache. Um die Männer aufzuspüren, muss er auch zu sich selbst unerbittlich sein. Während er den naiven Jungen in seiner Vergangenheit begräbt, führt ihn sein Weg quer durch den Westen vom Wüstensand bis in die Sümpfe eines…
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• Nevada Smith 1966 Dir. Henry Hathaway Approved Cast: Steve McQueen (Bullitt, The Great Escape), Karl Malden (Patton, How the West Was Won) Brian Keith (Young Guns, The Parent Trap), Arthur Kennedy (Lawrence of Arabia, Fantastic Votage), Suzanne Pleshette (The Birds, The Ugly Dachshund), Pat Hingle (Maximum Overdrive, Batman), and Martin Landau (North by Northwest, Ed Wood). My only gripe with Nevada Smith is that Steve McQueen, who was 35 making this, was playing a teenager. They never directly say…
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A meandering revenge tale which takes a vast number of very unexpected turns and features a good lead performance from Steve McQueen and an even better supporting one from Karl Malden.
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Really good until the last couple of minutes and than you can’t help but ask yourself what was the point? Steve McQueen is on the hunt for the the three men who murdered his Father & Mother. Starting out with no skills but determination and pure grit, he learns how to shoot and use a Knife. He even goes as far to rob a bank just to be thrown in prison where one of the killers is. McQueen (The King OF Cool) is brilliant as always, just felt this needed a stronger Director- like a Leone, Peckinpah, Siegel etc to stick the landing!
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Se supone que el protagonista es un jovén de menos de 20 años y para ese entonces Steve McQueen ya iba por su segundo nieto o algo así. Fuera de eso, es una película bastante genérica del western, por ratos entretenida pero no logro engancharme del todo.
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Steve McQueen is badly miscast, starting off as a half Indian teenager seeking revenge on the killers of his family. He mugs his way through the first part of the film being as out of place in a western as he can be. The film has little plot other than getting his revenge and meeting some colorful characters along the way. Karl Malden has a great time chewing the scenery at the end.
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TTheAverageJoe__ 2 月 6, 2026
Steve McQueen wasn’t the best actor to ever live, far from it. I think he was quite average, but there was this quality about him, this coolness and this naturality that he had to play the anti-hero that I don’t think many had. And for roles such as Max Sand, Tom Horn, or even Papillon, they seemed to have fit like glove. He played the uneducated, force of nature kind of guy like no one else could, and in a…
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Chouette western à regarder avec l’oeil d’un amoureux du genre… Steve Mc Queen est formidable… Une histoire qui devient de plus en plus compliquée… Mais bon, on y trouve un certain plaisir
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What a badass Western
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what a story, now i am biased because my great grandpa helped with the stunts in louisiana for this movie back in the day. regardless, this is an easy addition to my favorite western lists. the music, scenery, script, and acting were all perfect for me.
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Everyone talking to Max as if he isn’t a full grown adult. Sound design is pretty great, the pistols sound like cannons. After the scene where Nevada sees Jesus on the cross and says it looks worse than hanging, I realized he’s in the Christ pose on the poster. I’d never heard of this movie, got it for a dollar at the library, but I really enjoyed it. So many things about it were done more interestingly than I expected. As they went through the trio I thought they messed up eliminating Landau so early but Fitch ends up being a great final villain.
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Everyone in this film: “But you’re just a boy, a kid!” 36 year old Steve McQueen: 🤠
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Hathaway er ikke den store personinstruktør, så han formår ikke rigtigt at udnytte personrelationerne. I dette tilfælde må manus bære en stor del af skylden. Filmen er “klædt ud” som western men er snarere en revengemovie. Den forekommer lidt for lang.
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My love life is pretty similar to Mcqueens in this film,it goes nowhere but you have a hell of alot of fun with it. Despite the fact that i consider myself a Steve Mcqueen fan i didn’t think i’d like this movie this much but after me and my father sat down to watch it this afternoon i honestly rank it right along The Magnificent Seven. Nevada Smith goes pretty far beyond just being your run of a mill revenge…
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I like in how many different directions the story takes us, each revenge shows a completely different setting. It’s your usual coming of age story, with a 36yo Steve McQueen playing a Native American… With heavy suspension of disbelief casting wise, it’s compelling
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A well-directed western with a likeable McQueen.
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“Mrs. McCanles, I got a rifle, a horse, and eight dollars. It’ll hold.” New year, old western.
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I’ve admired Steve McQueen in her brilliant performances in Papillon, The Great Escape and Le Mans. Bullitt is stellar and The Thomas Crown Affair as a ladies man and thief. But I never knew he did a western until I stumbled across this. And he is good – any lengths to exact vengeance against his family.
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For a revenge-western, it takes some pretty interesting turns.
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Concludo il 2025 guardando questo film con protagonista l’attore che in poco tempo è diventato uno degli attori che amo di più, forse quello che amo di più: Steve McQueen. L’unica pecca di un film che poteva essere perfetto è il finale. Il film parla di un mezzosangue in cerca di vendetta contro il trio che gli ha sterminato la famiglia. Due li trova e li fa fuori in maniera spietata, mentre quando è sul punto di fare lo stesso…
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My dad took me to see this when it was first released in 1966. First time I’ve seen it since. It’s clearly set in a man’s world but it’s a great Western with an unpredictable narrative.
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A classic revenge western but without the payoff. I did a lot of forgiving whilst watching this due to the amount of glaring issues then ironically it was the main character who practically forgives the man he’s been changing for the entire runtime. Really frustrating. I will say I enjoyed the score, apart from that I feel like I wasted my time.
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This movie felt longer than the actual Nevada desert
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I enjoyed this more the second time around. It still suffers from a few big problems, but McQueen is very compelling and it delivers all the beats of a great western. The ending worked better for me this viewing, but it still feels both unearned and underdeveloped, and then it’s just over. Overall the script needed more character development, more of the “war in his soul” to pull off the finale. But great scenery and, again, McQueen.
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4.0/10
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Im not a huge western guy but this is something different. This is Steve McQueens movie and he is very good.
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“When you ride out you ride out with God” Hathaway’s Man on Fire. Death and shame, across Texan plains. Through swamp, hill country, creek. Yet … with transcendence, Hathaways threshold feels fck man aching beautiful “You won’t find it because you cannot read. You won’t be able to read if you cannot find it.” Wasn’t ever big on McQueen, but here fell enamored for his reserve, his true containment of a storm brewing within the soul “Remember that first snap back” Westside Gunn, “Power House Hobbs”
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This whole thing could have been made waaaay easier instead of the choices Max made
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Straddles the line between classic 40s-50s style western and brutal late 60s-70s stuff nicely. Nevada Smith a really stupid name for such an expansive revenge epic.
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A fairly good revenge story with the appearance of the westerns of the late 50s but touches of the brutality (and sexual frankness) to come. McQueen pretending to be a teenager strains credulity beyond the breaking point, but the breadth of the story is quite something. The depth may not be quite enough for me to rate this among the classics.
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Considering the amount of great actors in this Western revenge it is for me a big disappointment . Steve McQueen plays a “kid” who is half Indian and even his great acting doesn’t disguise the fact that he is neither. The plot lumbers on and asks a great deal of its audience to stay with it as it goes from one contrivance to another.Its hard to ignore the amount of innocent people who are hurt or die as a result…
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If you can excuse a 35-year old Steve McQueen playing a teenager and a somewhat controversial ending, this is an incredibly underrated and well filmed western from Henry Hathaway. All the cast does a phenomenal job and make this revenge western memorable
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It’s insane what man can do in the name of the vengeance
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Re-watched in 2025. Originally watched in 1966. Memorable Western with a good plot, solid action scenes and a cool Steve McQueen.
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Absolutely hated this movie. Steve McQueen spends the whole movie improving himself and learn skills to better seek revenge on the gang that murdered his parents. It’s okay till the end where after final catching and shooting the last member of the gang he decides he’s better than revenge and doesn’t kill him. But that decision is incredibly hollow since the guy is clearly gonna die because he’s alone in a river with multiple gun shot wounds.
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One narrative thread out of THE CARPETBAGGERS by Harold Robbins. (A cracking read.) McQueen is restrained. He’s much better when not.
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Steve McQueen is Max Sand, a young, naive, half-breed Kiowa indian. When his white father and Indian mother are brutally slain by three men looking for gold he swears revenge. His burning desire for revenge on the three killers takes several years and leads him across the country from a Louisiana swamp-bound prison camp to a California monastery, all the while his mind set on only one thing. Not McQueen at as his best but this is still an interesting…
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MMarci Bodri 8 月 29, 2025
Nagyon fura, hogy a valóságban 36 éves Steve McQueen-t a film felééig “kölyöknek” nevezik és végig úgy kezelik, mintha valami 15 éves lenne, ráadásul félig indián (!) amit egy másodpercre nem tudok elhinni, ha ezen túl lendül a film, akkor egész jó az a három epizód ahol leszámol a szülei gyilkosával (van itt tehénkarámban leszámolás, börtönszöktetés a mocsárban, és egy nagy aranykaraván kifosztás) de nagyon fura, hogy ennyire félrecastingot fapofával végig visznek
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Fun western with Steve McQueen as Max Sands, who loses his parents and vows to avenge their deaths. It’s got a recognizable cast and a respectable story.
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McQueen out for revenge! After his mother and father get murdered McQueen goes on a cross country trip to find the three killers. Classic western with a McQueen not fully formed as the minimalist actor. Although he had roles as the Cooler King in The Great Escape and Cincinnati Kid showing where his acting acting style was leading up to, in Nevada Smith he is clearly making studio concessions concerning his acting. And the classic acting doesn’t really suits him,…
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The most effective parts of this movie for me are the very beginning and the last act; specifically the gold mine heist all the way to the end. After a local man tries to stop Max from seeing what’s happened and ultimately hold him back from traveling down the most obvious path, Max steps into the threshold of darkness silhouetted against the dust, separating his innocence from his spoiled home. He takes another step further and disappears, only to…
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Sunday afternoon special! A quiet, simple revenge western. Maybe a half hour too long. Great ending.
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It is weirdly easier to buy Steve McQueen as a teenager than a half-native. I found it quite exciting to see both Martin Landau and Karl Malden as the nasty heels. Martin Landau is especially someone I’ve always found a bit repulsive so to see him as a bad guy was refreshing. And Karl Malden is always great but I don’t think he gets to be the bad guy that often. I was also surprised that the actress that played…
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Solid Steve McQueen revenge flick that also encompasses some other subgenres. Pretty solid film from Henry Hathaway and well shot, although a tiny bit slow at times. Not an issue though, I was more than intrigued by Steve McQueen in this movie. He actually plays an interesting character that is much younger than he was, but I guess it sort of works. Well acted in general, and I actually really dug Brian Keith a bit in this one as McQueen’s gunsmith mentor. Overall I really liked the picture and it had some awesome stunts and action too.
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Revenge movie that turns upside down.
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“Coragem. Honra. Vingança.” “Now a name… soon a legend.” “Some called him savage – and some called him saint… some felt his hate – and one found his love… and three had to die…” Como alguém lê as taglines dos pôsteres de filmes de faroeste e decide não assisti-los?
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Steve McQueen is great in this, he’s undeniably cool and undeniably McQueen. The acting is overall passable but there are plenty of “meh” performances, probably two or three for every good performance actually. The biggest issue though is the pacing, it’s rubbish. This is so full of ups and downs in the pace that it’s hard to keep yourself into the movie. Its second biggest issue is its ambitious script but out of sorts script, this story is too all…
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The thorn in your side for the entire movie is the casting of blonde, 36 year old McQueen as a naive teenage boy that is supposed to be noticeably half-indian to everyone that sees him. The more his “aw shucks I’m just tryna figure all this out” bit goes on the more you have to shake the image of a mentally retarded man out of your head and consistently remind yourself he is supposed to be a teenager. Luckily you…
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First Steve McQueen movie Not good A revenge western where they failed to get me invested and then spent 2 hours get to the resolution One of the most attractive white dudes of the time plays a half Indian boy. Neither boy or Indian doesn’t help. Also the killing of his parents literally is boring as hell. Perhaps why that’s I never became invested idk
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An interesting revenge tale that doesn’t work as well as it a should. McQueen is supposed to be half-Indian and a “kid.” He looks neither. Film loses steam and runs too long. Brian Keith is the standout as the kids mentor. Ripe for a remake.
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With the completion of Nevada Smith, I have become the first person in Letterboxd history to finish 100% of Steve McQueen’s films as an actor, producer, executive producer, and stuntman. Keeping that in mind, I can now say that Steve McQueen can play anyone between the ages of 18 and 80 way better than you can imagine.
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1. Steve McQueen shines as a young man seeking revenge: The movie follows Max Sand whose parents are brutally killed by three outlaws. He’s young and inexperienced but sets out on a dangerous journey to hunt them down. Watching him grow from a naive boy to a skilled gunslinger was gripping. McQueen brings his usual cool style but with raw emotion that makes you root for him. 2. Big landscapes, strong villains, and a story that keeps moving: Director Henry…
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História de vingança que já começa impactando na primeira cena, onde quem dá a informação sobre o paradeiro do casal que será brutalmente assassinado por três homens é o próprio filho. A vingança de Max Sand tem grandes mudanças narrativas na forma como o diretor vai nos apresentar os acontecimentos. A evolução do garoto é notória, ao ponto de no final do filme o nome ser trocado — demonstrando uma mudança significativa nesse personagem que aprendeu a viver para se…
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El principal problema es la duración de la cinta, lo previsible que es su guion y sobretodo que Steve McQueen tiene 36 cuándo debería de ser un mestizo de 16… No obstante, hay muy buenos momentos y el cast acompaña muy bien. Es increíble ver cómo Karl Malden le roba el show a Steve McQueen… Vista con mi padre, elegida por él, a este paso nos vamos a ver todo la filmo de Hathaway juntos…
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A Hidden Gem Western Classic. Acting is solid with really the only issue is McQueen at the start acting like a little boy which feels so out of place and a bit weird because he’s clearly not. But besides that once he gets out of that whiny phase he does his typical thing and is great in this. The villians are good to to boot. Keith is really good and the best thing. I wish he was in this more…
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My first Steve McQueen film and an impressive intro. This revenge western has a lot of grit and soul. McQueen is excellent, portraying a man hardened by loss. It’s slower than some modern viewers may expect, but still a great character-driven piece.
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Un western épique qui aurait sans doute été meilleur si l’acteur principal avait mieux collé à au personnage. En effet, dur de croire à Steve McQueen en jeune homme de 16 ans à moitié indien. Pour le reste, un très bon western réalisé par un habitué du genre
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While this western offers an unconventional twist with a Papillon-style middle act, it suffers heavily from miscasting, overacting and laughable characters and action sequences. Maybe still worth watching for its breathtaking locations.
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Steve McQueen looked neither young or half Indian in this movie.
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Une belle découverte, je ne l’avais jamais vu malgré le nombre incalculable de westerns que mon père m’a montré. D’une modernité incroyable et une violence que l’on ne voyait pas souvent à l’époque. Un Steve McQueen assez naïf ce qui n’est pas courant. Je ne serais pas étonné que Tarantino se soit un peu inspiré de ce film pour “Kill Bill”.
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i was confused for little bit when McQueen was supposedly a young guy who’s mixed, i mean you learn to go along with it i guess
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trt’nin arada verdiği filmlerden.. intikam temalı güzel bi western..
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pazar sabahi diye babaannemlerde kahvaltıda izledik hep beraber (babam artist olduğu için son yarısını önceden izledim ben spoi vermiyim diye gitti bi ara hatta) mcqueen abim sarı bombaymış valla abspabdpand ama 30küsür yaşında adamın film başında “çocuk” ve de o sapsarı haliyle melez olduğuna inanmamız beklenmesi.. ben beklenmedik bi şekilde beğendim konu vs olarak görüntüler de baya güzeldi aslında ama 2küsür saatlik olması gerekmiyodu bence herkesin herife boşver intikam alma zart zurt derken en başta git oğlum diyip para vermeye…
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For what looked like a B-Western I was taking a chance on, this turned out to be a lot of fun with a cast far better than was expected.
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I was hankerin’ for a Western, so I revisited this McQueen vehicle. I was hoping to like it a bit better this time, but it stubbornly refused to improve. It’s not bad; it just starts getting a bit muddled in the last third or so. A great cast, but the road movie structure and a rather simplistic script means only McQueen gets enough screen time and good material to make a strong impression. Brian Keith stands out; in fact, when…
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My stupid ass thought he was retarded at first. Evidently he’s a teenager?? Yeah I’m not taking the blame for that one. What a poor choice for how to start the film.
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Not great but not bad. Certainly the worst Steve McQueen movie I’ve ever seen. He’s totally miscast and the movie is mostly dull. But god does it look good.
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KKillaryClinton 3 月 13, 2025
most raped man, half indian, 16 yo (36 yo) steve mcqueen learns to kill and read
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Eeli 3 月 13, 2025
I was only half watching so I won’t give it a star rating. A lot happening in this thing
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Revenge is a famous plot instrument which still works as a motivation , sometimes it ruins the person who suffers , sometimes it gives a relief and which one was shown HERE … You will see if don’t mind to give a chance. This story still holds up , Beautiful Landscapes, atmosphere of old West with All difficulties makes you believe to anything what you see. Yes Steve McQueen wasn’t good choice for the main role as a kid of…
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Why would he buy a book on how to read…? He can’t read…
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Steve was bad, and not in a good way..
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The colours, the landscapes, the cinematography! Personally, I’m in love.
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I liked Steve in most of his films, this is no exception yes basic story but if it’s acted and told filmed well that’s all you need .
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Ttemptesttemp 2 月 7, 2025
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2025 Chronological Rewatching of my Favourite Westerns Number 11 of 60. With reluctance dropping this down to 3.5 stars, on a second watching the lukewarm middle of this film dragged it down. Karl Malden is great again here as he is in One Eyed Jacks, however his character accepting Max Sand into his gang despite being wary is nearly as comical as Steve McQueen trying to pass as a teenager. Up next: 1966’s The Professionals
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watched for steve mcqueen but karl malden stole the show.
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This movie was decent, a littlebit too long, mid acting but entertaining
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Genuinely a good film. Just not a Steve McQueen film. Can’t get my head around how he’s supposed to be playing a half Indian 16 year old
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Nevada Smith is a classic Western tale of revenge and redemption. Steve McQueen portrays Max Sand, a young man on a mission of vengeance after his parents are brutally murdered. McQueen brings a rugged charm and intensity to the role, carrying the film through its unfolding journey. The plot offers a mix of action and character-driven moments. While the pacing drags at times, the journey remains engaging and holds your attention. A good film for fans of revenge-driven Westerns.
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There is some real uniqueness about this western which stars Steve McQueen as the titular character. After his parents are brutally murdered, Smith goes on a lingering and persistent quest to hunt down and kill the three outlaws that did it. So the movie plays as half western and half revenge thriller. Another interesting thing about this flick is that McQueen’s character is so one-minded about what he’s doing and so brutal about it, that he is hard to fully…
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It was good.
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A good wild west film from 1966 with Steve McQueen as an avenger of his murdered parents. In parts quite brutal, especially for that time.
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MannVanuary 4 Henry Hathaway A prequel to the successful film, The Carpetbaggers, which in turn was based on the successful book by Harold Robbins, Nevada Smith expands on the background of one of that story’s characters and creates an epic revenge western that stands on its own as a result. The basic premise is simple: a young man goes after the three people who killed his parents, but despite that, the end product is a sprawling yet engaging work that…
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Starts off as a standard western then goes wacky but still pretty good
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A revenge quest that gets right to it, but then just keeps going and going. Disjointed, increasingly flagging storytelling means I can’t fully join the ‘unsung’ camp on this one Miscast, 35-year-old Steve McQueen starts the film playing a child Indian ‘half-breed’ who looks the same age as his mother, and yet, his commitment to the part and the choices he makes in trying to make that work is both admirable and engaging. An opening scene of family slaughter and…
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Entertaining, revenge western, with a young Steve Mcqueen, showing his star power.
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An impressive Count Of Monte Cristo revenge tale that only tells half of the Max Sand Story. It is actually a character background chapter in the Harold Robbins novel, The Carpetbaggers. The conclusion to it in the book has Sand become a Hollywood actor who ended up in a western playing himself carrying out the revenge attacks he ended up doing in this film. The whole Hollywood arc is unused in the Western though.
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pazar sabahı trt 2de türkçe dublajlı halinin bir kısmını izledim. izlediğim kısmı yetti. steve mcqueen var diye ilgi çekici olur diye düşünmüştüm fakat uzun ve sıkıcı bir kovboy filmi.
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Steve McQueen being cast as “young” always makes me laugh. Dude looked 40 his entire life. And he’s supposed to be half native? Ok… He plays a dumb kid pretty well though. He’s too dumb most of the time 🤣 Woof this was long. Like three movies strung together. Won’t need to revisit this one.
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Des fois, on a juste envie d’une belle histoire dans de beaux décors avec Steve McQueen, à la cool. Le scénario est classique mais bien mené sur 2 heures. Une histoire de vengeance pure et dure, qui met en scène un gentil innocent qui finit par ressembler aux méchants qu’il traque. Un tiers du film est étrangement similaire à Papillon!
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Das Halbblut Nevada Smith gespielt von Steve McQueen findet bei einem Waffenhändler Unterschlupf nachdem seine Eltern getötet wurden. Dieser bringt ihm für seinen Racheplan den professionellen Umgang mit Waffen bei. Ist mir persönlich mit 128 Min. Laufzeit aber etwas zu lang geraten.
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Solid standard western which is kind of disappointing considering what a wild ride The Carpetbaggers was that this is a prequel to. Steve McQueen is also too old for the part. He looks older than the actress playing his mom
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Great cast, beautifully shot so it was good even in French.
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BUDGET: UNKNOWN Gross US & Canada $14,170,000
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Nevada Smith (1966) 8/10 Dieser Ritt durch die Filmgeschichte kommt mir wirklich sehr gelegen. So konnte ich endlich ein paar versiegelte und ungesehene DVDs auspacken. So auch den hier. Steve McQueen überzeugt als ein von Rache getriebener, junger Mann. Dabei gibt er sich genauso wie wir ihn kennen, als verdammt cooler, cleverer Typ. Die drei Stationen auf seiner Reise sind abwechslungsreich genug, um gut 2 Stunden lang zu unterhalten. Obwohl die Story nichts besonderes ist, passt hier einfach das Gesamtpaket.…
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Unnecessarily epic-length but standard revenge tale that suffers from a woefully miscast Steve McQueen as a sixteen year old neophyte gunfighter. Otherwise great cast is wasted.
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The middle of the story went on some directions that dragged but the 1st and last half are solid. Pretty good film.
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Given the film’s length, Nevada Smith is intended as a saga of vengeance, but unfortunately it’s little more than a succession of encounters and scenes, most of which are loosely linked. Opposite the three men wanted by Nevada Smith, we find three women, Neesa, Jesse Coe’s wife and Pilar. These three women are prostitutes, but they play three different roles in Nevada’s life: Neesa takes on the maternal role of caring for him among the Kiowa tribe, Coe’s wife symbolizes the good-hearted whore who won’t turn him in, and Pilar is, for a very brief time, the hero’s lover. Already forgotten.
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Serious undercover gem, a surprising amount of character building in each act. A series of standalone parts that come together well.
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1966 – Henry Hathaway 8/10 Slightly atypical Western where more development is allowed to the characters. McQueen’s transition to movies from TV is a very naturalistic, and his easy with the genre is heightened by participating in many of the stunts. A lot of secondary characters are given more than the usual one liners, and gives a deeper feel to the storytelling.
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Good revenge story
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I do admire this as a revenge narrative and it’s very pretty, but it’s definitely more fun to think of this as a very silly film with 36yo Steve McQueen playing a child (how old is he meant to be?) by doing some literal baby acting some of the time. I also think that it’s objectively hilarious to have Karl Malden theatrically shouting “yor yella” and “finish meeeeee” or whatever it is for the last two minutes of the film.…
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CCorrine 10 月 13, 2024
This movie is not good. But I had a delightful time watching it on film in a little indie theater in Osaka with my boyfriend and two other people.
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AArthur Veenema 10 月 7, 2024
16mm print with Japanese subtitles in a tiny independent cinema in Osaka. The movie could’ve been terrible and it still would’ve been an awesome experience. A simple revenge western, but we had to refrain from laughing every time Steve McQueen was referred to as “just a kid” when he looks older than his mother.
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Steve McQueen wirkt in “Nevada Smith” etwas fehlbesetzt, obwohl ich den Star gerne sehe. Der Rachewestern orientiert sich bereits früh am damals noch aufstrebenden Italowestern und zeigt einige sehr harte, sowie einige mild-erotische Szenen. Mit 130 Minuten ist der Film allerdings eindeutig zu lang.
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Steve McQueen, Suzanne Pleshette, Martin Landau… so many awesome folks in this movie I really enjoyed it! It’s an exciting western revenge film, with some creative story turns. Steve is very good and sympathetic. If you want a western adventure for a weekend matinee that (while being a revenge story after the murder of someone’s parents) isn’t too much of a downer, check this baby out.
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Even, if the cooler is a little too old for the part, he nailed it. How could it be otherwise? What a cast, McQueen, Landeau, Malden, Kennedy, Pleshette under Hathaway directing for a not so “simple revenge story”, it’s more than that.
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Some incredible plot twists and a gorgeous movie, with some sharp acting… but also way too much forced whiteness. Even for 1965.
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Once you get over the fact that Steve McQueen was 36, trying to play 16-21 but once you get over that this one is a real banger! Steve is great despite him being obviously miscast and I so surprised by how beautiful this movie is until I looked it up and Lucien Ballard did the cinematography so it really shouldn’t have surprised me at all
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McQueen gives more than he usually does but he is miscast. He looks to be about 15 years too old and let’s not even discussing his alleged native American heritage. With that said it’s hard for a western fan not to love this familiar western thanks to a strong cast and workman-like filmmaking. I always turned this off when I started it on tv over the years. I’m glad to have watched the whole thing.
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Are we going to ignore how dirty he did the only two women in the movie like what was the reason
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Enjoyable revenge western with many great actors of the era.
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🍂🍂Vanja 🍂 8 月 8, 2024
Hrt 3 goes hard
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Took me out of the movie a bit when everyone talked to 36 year old Steve McQueen like he was a 15 year old orphan.
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Although McQueen is miscast, still ain’t too bad in the role of young Max Sands(Nevada Smith). The movie takes a bit long for the revenge but ends on a great note. 🐴👍
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CCharleddy Cinécure 7 月 22, 2024
It ain’t that easy, kid. Findin’ em’s one thing. Killin’ em’s another. Le plus gros souci du film de Hathaway, c’est clairement son choix de Steve McQueen pour le rôle principal. McQueen, 35 ans au tournage (ressenti 45, l’alcool, la cigarette et les années 60 aidant) est censé avoir 16 ans au début du film. Jamais je ne peux me dire à un seul moment que ce mec est un ado qui vient de perdre ses parents. JA-MAIS. Le deuxième…
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Nothing like a good revenge movie, especially when it’s Steve McQueen hunting down Karl Malden and Martin Landau.
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Some pretty questionable planning from our main protagonist definitely the hardest someone had to go through in order to seek vengeance
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Un inicio brutal que enciende la mecha de una historia de venganza y aprendizaje, con una sección central carcelaria (y de fuga en medio de los pantanos) de lo más interesante y distinta. Destaca una puesta en escena sobria, y, sobre todo, unos personajes secundarios que ayudan a McQueen y que le aportan algo nuevo y transformador. Poco a poco el carácter y la forma de pensar del protagonista van cambiando. Un western entretenido y original, de la mano del siempre solvente Hathaway.
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DVD. Western. A young half-breed goes in search of the three men who tortured and murdered his parents. Given the film’s length, Nevada Smith is intended as a saga of vengeance, but unfortunately it’s little more than a succession of encounters and scenes, most of which are loosely linked. Furtermore, given the age difference between Steve McQueen and the character he plays, his first adventures – which, if we understand the story, should be formative given his naiveté – are…
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Except for the pacing — and the extreme suspension of disbelief that Steve McQueen is a) half Native American and b) in his twenties, this is one of my favorite revenge Westerns. Karl Malden and Martin Landau are such great villains here too. Nevada definitely has the high ground in the final scene.
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Man… this movie really pissed me off lol like 2 hours invested in this dude hunting down the men who killed his family, and all these people tellin him “oh revenge is a fools game” or whatever. And then like he ignores them and kills two of the three, and literally leaves the one dying in a river…. and then says “youre not worth killing” BRUH. LIKE WHAT KINDA ASS BACKWARDS SHIT IS THAT?! You hunt this man, join the…
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Ok, the pros of this film are the beautiful locations, solid supporting performances, the simple yet always reliable revenge story formula, all resulting in an incredibly standard Western. The character development was satisfying, and the use of real locations and animals really can’t be beaten. The cons are… 1) the runtime and pacing, it really drags on 2) the major miscasting of Steve McQueen – though he’s especially great later in the film, you know it’s not a good start…
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You need a strong suspension of disbelief to buy Steve McQueen first as half native American, and second as a young man, supposedly still in his teens or early 20s. Did he ever look young in any movie? Otherwise, it’s a pretty enjoyable revenge film, that muses over the price paid for taking that path, with the lead character going through a bumpy journey of the soul which represents a satisfying arc. Great cast.
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Inspirada en un personaje del Carpetbaggers de Harold Robbins, es decir, mucha brocha gorda por todas partes. Una parte de mí piensa que es bastante mala pero la otra mitad se entretuvo como un demonio.
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I am a simple man, I see Steven McQueen, I generally like it. Even if this movie is 2+ hours long for a 1966 movie.
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Dont point a gun at a priest
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This is closer to a Western Epic than what I was led to believe. a 130 minute-long meticulous revenge film, conducted as a journeymans fervour across the great american plains. considers all aspects of Western Myth Life as routine of the violence it was, but this showcases it as sprawling, breathing vistas upon which any man can be taken under its wing and become crucial to its story. Long, slow, methodical considerations of embedding yourself within prison populations, gambling men,…
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Classic western tale of revenge. My favorite film Steve McQueen with Steve McQueen in a lead role. An epic tale that plays out over several years and hundreds of miles. Nevada Smith passes up numerous opportunities for honest living, friendship and love in his singular quest for revenge. A prequel to The Carpetbaggers with McQueen playing the role originated by Alan Ladd.
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Downside: Overlong. Too many subplots. Plus side: Great performances from McQueen, Karl Malden, and Brian Keith. Great ending.
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Honestly, I’m probably overrating this by a full star, but I love me some Steve McQueen when he breaks bad.
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59/100 D+
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Henry Hathaway delivers again in this wonderful western. The element of all the standard troupes and expectations being turned on their head is something different and to savor here. Steve McQueen is wonderful as always along with the rest of the amazing cast. A personal favorite within McQueen’s career.
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This movie felt like a real journey of revenge. When I first saw the runtime I was a little skeptical because most westerns run about 90 minutes or less. There are of course exceptions to this but this being one I’d never really heard of I was afraid it was going to feel bloated. It didn’t, it has a decent pace that keeps the story moving. I like the various locations that we get to visit. My favorite was the…
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I watched about ten westerns in a week to prepare for a movie quiz on westerns. There were highs and lows but on the whole it’s always quite fun to see a large amount of films of the same genre close together. It becomes a bit f a film festival of its own. Without presenting any major analytical or in-depth news, I can state for myself that a large percentage of the films were about revenge. Also, about revenge that…
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Westerns are perfect for Valentine’s Day. You watch these people ritualistically circling for ages, eyes only for each other, guns lovingly cocked, dicks out, and then BANG BANG BANG… there goes half the neighbourhood. The problem with this one, though, is that Steve McQueen’s character’s supposed to be a boy – fifteen or so, perhaps younger – and he’s thirty-six at the time and no Dustin Hoffman. His attempt at playing this boy is to make him look like a half-wit. Took me right out of an otherwise decent western.
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Escogí visionar esta película no sé muy bien porqué, quizás por McQueen, o porque era un wenstern con una nota media decente, o por el título que me atrajo, o por todo ello. Lo cierto es que no tenía conocimiento alguno sobre su contenido. – A los pocos minutos, ya tenía unas pequeñas muestras que me indicaban cuáles eran los ingredientes de todo el conjunto: a) Un guion infantiloide, con resolución de escenas poco trabajadas, situaciones de resolución fácil y…
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Un western qui a de la gueule et des interprètes convaincants, son lot de rocambolesque, mais aussi un ton foncièrement enfantin malgré les multiples meurtres. Paresseux pour assurer la crédibilité de ses bons sentiments et de son humanisme pratique ; le soit-disant mixage génétique n’est pas évident contrairement à ce qu’on y prétend (ni le côté jeune premier du protagoniste). Steve MacQueen campe un bon héros pour le public américain, pour bien d’autres et pour celui bercé par l’idéologie de…
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“The kid’s creepy. He ain’t human! He doesn’t kill people; he executes them. Yeah, he executes them!” Filmo pléthorique que celle de Hathaway, mais voilà on peut pas dire qu’il a vraiment un film qui sort du lot. Ses films noirs sont clairement oubliable, si on compare avec les meilleurs films noirs y a clairement pas photo, ses westerns ça alterne entre le sympa et le dispensable et pour moi son meilleur film c’est un de ses moins connus :…
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Une histoire de vengeance, ce n’est pas forcément très original, même en 1966 quand sort ce film. Mais “Nevada Smith” traite ce thème avec intelligence, en montrant que le héros devient un meurtrier froid et calculateur pour venger les siens, quitte à détruire les gens autour de lui. Un rapport à la violence qui annonce déjà des films comme “Impitoyable”… Par contre, Steve Mc Queen n’a pas franchement le physique de blanc-bec morveux que les autres personnages raillent dans le film ! mal tout de même, malgré cette incohérence.
- Synopsis
- Nevada Smith is the alias of Max Sand, the son of an Indian mother and American father. When they are killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to avenge them. The young man is taken in by a gun merchant who shows him how to shoot, on time and correctly.
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Writer
- John Michael Hayes
- Studio
- Solar Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1966
- Runtime
- 128 mins
- USA10 Jun 1966
- Japan23 Jul 1966
- France02 Sep 1966
- Spain10 Oct 1966
- Ireland04 Nov 1966
- Netherlands08 Apr 2004
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