In addition to McQueen in the titular role ("Nevada Smith" being a name his character invents), the picture also features Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva, Martin Landau and Paul Fix.
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The plot resembles that of the 1960 origin issues of the comic book series The Rawhide Kid, drawn by Jack Kirby.
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The film is a prequel to 1964's The Carpetbaggers, in which Alan Ladd had played a much older version of the character Nevada Smith.
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The movie was produced and directed by Henry Hathaway with Joseph E. Levine as executive producer, from a story and screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on a character from Harold Robbins' 1961 novel The Carpetbaggers.
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Nevada Smith was shot by Lucien Ballard on approximately 46 different locations in the Inyo National Forest (in parts of southern California and southwestern Nevada) and the Owens Valley (of southern California) in the Eastern Sierra mountains.
Nevada | Will Smith | Reno, Nevada | Sierra Nevada | Kevin Smith | Adam Smith | Smith College | Patti Smith | Michael W. Smith | Sierra Nevada (U.S.) | Carson City, Nevada | University of Nevada, Reno | Chad Smith | Ian Smith | Fort Smith, Arkansas | Clark County, Nevada | Anna Nicole Smith | Kiki Smith | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | Alexander McCall Smith | Stan Smith | Paradise, Nevada | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Tommie Smith | Laughlin, Nevada | David Smith | Bessie Smith | University of Nevada | Roger Smith | Maggie Smith |
They would work together on several films, including: Diplomatic Courier (1952), O. Henry's Full House (1952), Prince Valiant (1954), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), and True Grit (1969).