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An arms dealer and a mercenary cross swords during the 1916 Mexican revolution.An arms dealer and a mercenary cross swords during the 1916 Mexican revolution.An arms dealer and a mercenary cross swords during the 1916 Mexican revolution.
José Torvay
- Gonzalez
- (as Jose Torvay)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe film was shot on many of the battle sites of the 1916 Mexican revolution, the period during which this film is set. A number of the older Mexicans hired as extras were former soldiers of Pancho Villa and others were one-time government troops who fought them.
- GoofsWhen Kennedy confronts Wilson and Lisa at the stairs, the long shot from behind Kennedy's shoulder shows Wilson holding Lisa's right forearm as she stands to Wilson's left and slightly behind. The following close shot shows Wilson holding Lisa's left forearm with her half-hidden behind him.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Black River (1957)
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Arms For The Love Of Ursula
Robert Mitchum had a hand in producing Bandido, an independent production released by United Artists in 1956. It was supposed to be more of an existential type story about a mercenary during the Mexican Civil Wars of the teen years. What finally emerged was your run of the mill action adventure story with Mitchum mixing business with pleasure during the revolution. The business was arms, but the pleasure was Ursula Thiess.
Thiess is married to Zachary Scott who finds money far more beautiful than Thiess if that's possible. He's looking to sell a large cache of arms to the government which certainly has the cash on hand. Mitchum however while he says he's detached from the politics does harbor a certain sympathy for the rebels who locally are headed by Gilbert Roland.
The film was shot on location in Mexico and the two best things it has going for it are the beautiful location photography in Mexico and the performance of Gilbert Roland. Roland's a bit more intense in his role as the revolutionary chief than he normally is, but he still has that incredible charm working overtime for him. There are so many films where I find him the best thing in them.
According to the Mitchum biography by Lee Server, he got himself in a bit of woman trouble while down there. Nothing new for Mitchum except for the fact it was his stand in who abused a young woman who thought it was Bob himself. When you have that kind of a reputation, trouble will seek you out even when you're completely innocent. It all worked out for Mitchum however.
Ursula Thiess pretty much ended her career as actress with this film, she had married Robert Taylor a couple of years earlier and was now going to be a mother again. She had two children by her first marriage to German producer George Thiess, but now she was going to devote full time to the raising of Taylor's children.
Bandido is your run of the mill action adventure story. One wonders though what Mitchum had in mind for the original plot.
Thiess is married to Zachary Scott who finds money far more beautiful than Thiess if that's possible. He's looking to sell a large cache of arms to the government which certainly has the cash on hand. Mitchum however while he says he's detached from the politics does harbor a certain sympathy for the rebels who locally are headed by Gilbert Roland.
The film was shot on location in Mexico and the two best things it has going for it are the beautiful location photography in Mexico and the performance of Gilbert Roland. Roland's a bit more intense in his role as the revolutionary chief than he normally is, but he still has that incredible charm working overtime for him. There are so many films where I find him the best thing in them.
According to the Mitchum biography by Lee Server, he got himself in a bit of woman trouble while down there. Nothing new for Mitchum except for the fact it was his stand in who abused a young woman who thought it was Bob himself. When you have that kind of a reputation, trouble will seek you out even when you're completely innocent. It all worked out for Mitchum however.
Ursula Thiess pretty much ended her career as actress with this film, she had married Robert Taylor a couple of years earlier and was now going to be a mother again. She had two children by her first marriage to German producer George Thiess, but now she was going to devote full time to the raising of Taylor's children.
Bandido is your run of the mill action adventure story. One wonders though what Mitchum had in mind for the original plot.
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- bkoganbing
- Feb 7, 2009
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,650,000
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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