Bandolero!

1968
PG-13
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Drama Western

Mace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy... Read allMace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican bandits.Mace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican bandits.

Director
- Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers
- James Lee Barrett
- Stan Hough
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

5.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers
- James Lee Barrett
- Stan Hough
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Videos1

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Bandolero!

Photos37

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Trivia
Raquel Welch was signing autographs on the set for fans, when James Stewart heard her complain that she didn't like doing it. Stewart told her "You better sign those, they're the ones paying your salary." Welch thought about this and from then on willingly signed autographs.

Goofs
This movie takes place just after the Civil War, yet the hangman claims to have just passed through Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City did not exist until 1889, after the land run.

Quotes
Dee Bishop: Mace, you think we could make a go of it in Montana?
Mace Bishop: Dee, there's a town up there called Missoula. Prettiest little place you ever saw.
Dee Bishop: What about the Indians?
Mace Bishop: And the Rockies, they're snow-capped, and the slopes are forested. And there are lots of lakes and valleys.
Dee Bishop: What about the Indians?
Mace Bishop: And there's deer in Montana, Dee. And antelope, and elk, and black bear. And the...
Dee Bishop: Mace, what about the Indians?
Mace Bishop: What Indians?
Dee Bishop: Ain't there no Indians in Montana?
Mace Bishop: Well, they - a few.
Dee Bishop: Ain't the Northern Cheyenne in Montana?
Mace Bishop: The Nor - well, Northern Cheyenne in Mon - I, I wouldn't lie to you.
Dee Bishop: And the Crow, and the Sioux?
Mace Bishop: Well, they're around...
Dee Bishop: What else, Mace?
Mace Bishop: Listen, Dee...
Dee Bishop: What else?
Mace Bishop: Well, they, they - Blackfeet and Chippewa...
Dee Bishop: Some Cree?
Mace Bishop: Yes. Yes, there are Cree in Montana.
Dee Bishop: And the Shoshone, and the Kutenai, and the Stoney...
Mace Bishop: Just what are you tryin' to say?
Dee Bishop: I'm trying to say there's a lot of gosh-darn Indians in Montana, Mace!
Maria Stoner: [rolls her eyes] Ooh.

Alternate versions
When originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'A' rating. 16 secs of cuts were made to the UK video version for release in 1988 to reduce the attempted rape of Maria by the bandit leader. The cuts were waived for the 2005 DVD.

Connections
Featured in David Walliams' Awfully Good: Awfully Good Movies (2011)

Soundtracks
Shoo, Fly, Don't Bother Me
(uncredited)
Written by Frank Campbell
Arranged by Cyril J. Mockridge

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Spoiling a good necktie party

Bandolero starts out as an amiable western. Former Quantrill raider Dean Martin gets caught robbing a bank where Raquel Welch's husband was killed. He and his gang are sentenced to hang and the town of Valverde Texas even sends for a professional hangman to do it right. Of course Dean's brother James Stewart hears about it and waylays the hangman and takes his place.

Stewart helps effect an escape for the outlaws minutes before the hanging. And after Dean and his gang get away, Stewart goes and robs the bank that they were unsuccessful in robbing in the first place.

Up to this point Bandolero is one of the funniest westerns I've ever seen and had the film stopped right there and been a television special it would have gotten rave reviews.

But Bandolero changes and becomes deadly serious as a posse led by Sheriff George Kennedy and Deputy Andrew Prine chase them across the border and into Bandolero (bandit) country. Mexican bandits who have no use for Americans. These are probably the ancestors of Alfonso Bedoya's bunch from Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Along the way Stewart and Martin connect and Martin takes Raquel Welch as a hostage.

Bandolero is a good film, but it's far better in the beginning when it is played for laughs than when it becomes serious. Still I would recommend it to western fans.