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Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
Written by | John Michael Hayes (story & screenplay) |
Based on | The Carpetbaggers 1961 novel by Harold Robbins |
Produced by | Henry Hathaway |
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Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
Edited by | Frank Bracht |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | Solar Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $6.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
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. The film was made by Solar Productions in association with and released by Paramount Pictures.
The movie is a prequel to The Carpetbaggers, a highly successful film from two years earlier based on the 1961 Harold Robbins novel. In that film, Alan Ladd played an older version of Nevada Smith, the character McQueen plays in this film.
Nevada Smith depicts Smith's first meeting with another "Carpetbaggers" character, Jonas Cord Sr, and delves into Nevada Smith's background as summarized in a scene from the original film.