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Alvarez Kelly   1966 . Columbia
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast       William Holden (Alvarez Kelly)
           Richard Widmark, Janice Rule,
              Victoria Shaw, Patrick O'Neal
Screenplay:Elliott Arnold & Franklin Cohn (also story)

A dreary tale of personal and political conflict among WWII allies, now adversaries, in postwar Malaya The film was produced by Holden as a vehicle for his companion of the moment, the actress-model Capucine. It did not help her career and was a financial failure.

Meet the Stewarts   1942
Columbia
Director: Alfred A. Green
Cast:   William Holden (Michael Stewart)
             Frances Dee,

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Allegedly based on a true Civil War incident, the film starred Holden in the title role, a Mexican-Irish war profiteer and cattlman who plays both sides as he sells both cattle. Widmark, (one eyed) was the confederate officer who kidnaps Holden and forces him to teach his troups to handle cattle.
Holden's revenge is to help Widmark's fiancee escape North and in the arms of a sea captain .
The two actors are in top form and their sparring is the only interesting element in this routine,often confused,yarn filmed in Panavision and Technicolor.

The Devil's brigade : 1968
Columbia
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast:    William Holden (Lt.Col. Robert T. Frederick)
              Cliff Robertson, Vince Edward
                Andrew Prine, Claude Akins,
Screenplay:William Roberts & Robert H. Hadleman (novel)

Casino Royale 1967
Columbia
Director: Val Guest & Ken Hughes
Cast:       Peter Sellers,David Niven,
                Ursula Andress, Daliah Lavi
                Orson Welles, Deborah Kerr
               William Holden (Ransome (CIA))
             Joanna Pettet, Woody Allen
Screenplay: Wolf Mankovitz from the novel by Ian Fleming

A zany spoof of James Bond's movies the film is hilarious and Holden has a small part as a CIA agent. Good fun.

The 7th dawn 1964.
Holdean & United Artists
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast:   William Holden (Ferris)
             Capucine, Susannah York,
              Tetsuro Tamba,
Screenplay: Michael Keon (novel) & Karl Tunberg

Richard Widmark, William Holden,

Starring:
William Holden : 1964 - 1969

Standard WWII film about a group of reckless recruits fashioned into creditable fighting unit., The films goes on, far too long. Holden is wasted in it.