by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Bandido is set during the Mexican civil war of 1916. Robert Mitchum stars as a sleepy-eyed soldier of fortune who finds himself in the middle of the fracas. At first refusing to take sides, Mitchum eventually casts his lot with insurrectionist Gilbert Roland. On the opposite side of the fence is gun-runner Zachary Scott, whose attractive wife Ursula Theiss has a yen for Mitchum. Lensed on location in Mexico, Bandido offers little in the way of provocative plotting or clever dialogue, but it definitely delivers the goods so far as action and adventure are concerned.
characteristics
- Love
- Rifle
- Selling
- Rebel
- Outlaw [Western]
- Munitions
- Shipment
- Soldier-of-fortune
- Wives
- Wife
- Weapons
- Troops
- Mexican-Revolution
- Mercenary
- Border [geographic]
