Alvarez Kelly DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - Classic Western Movie for Home Theater & Film Collection

I like (all my life since a small boy) western films. Some, maybe most of them, are not what one would call great or even very good of the hundreds (thousands of them made?) But I like that kind of story, all of the stuff about the old west, especially if they were somewhat true to how it really may have been.Some from the past, 1950's, 60's and a number of them from the 80's & 90's and more recently, I think...as Clint Eastwoods "Unforgiven," among some others as well...the good stories that Robert Duvall and Tom Selleck acted in, all fine movies. Then there is William Holden, so big, dominates the screen so much...the presence he has just being the man he was himself. A great actor and like Robert Redford or Spencer Tracy, he just lit up the screen when he appeared. Always I thought he ranked amongst the best of the best in anything I saw him in and this "Alvarez Kelly" is a fine example that would take me more time than allowed here to write all I want about the story.The story is very good, Widmark is good in the part he plays, and since I love the character driven stories especially, even with the war and the cattle drive, somehow the characters shined in this tough, rough western and it leaves me pondering long after I see it every time. It ended well and Holden did not get killed in the end as he has in at least 5 films I can think of at the moment...I never liked him losing & I am only one of millions that has him as one of the Hollywood heros of all time. You can make up your own ending somewhat or add to it...Kelly has to get to New York to find the girl, etc...Richard Widmark, the Colonel, keeps his word about letting Kelly go (even though Widmark's main man and aide almost kills Holden at the end." Bill Holden gets to ride off to smile that smile at someone else, use that charm and wit. For many, it reminds us of how he left us much too soon in real life, so young, at 63 I think and still as good as he ever was...one of the especially rare type of actors that will please lovers of good movies for all time. Watch "Alvarez Kelly" just for Bill Holden alone and you will love it.