William Holden Western: Triple Feature (DVD)
Arizona
Screen legends Jean Arthur (The Plainsman) and William Holden (The Wild Bunch) star in the epic saga of Phoebe Titus (Arthur), a whip-carrying, rifle-toting hellion who single-handedly transforms a dirt-poor army outpost into Tucson, Arizona, the pride of the American West. When Peter Muncie (Holden) moseys into Tucson, a love-struck Phoebe (Arthur) decides the handsome drifter’s just the man to help run her cattle ranch, the largest in the territory. Standing in her way, however, is Jefferson Carteret (Warren William, Lady for a Day), a city slicker who not only plans to cheat Phoebe out of her business but Peter as well, by gunning him down on their wedding day. Jam-packed with thundering cattle stampedes, full-blooded Indian attacks and a cast of thousands, ARIZONA is...an enjoyable, big Western with plenty of action! — The Motion Picture Guide
Texas
In this rip-roaring blend of action, thrills and humor, William Holden (The Man From Colorado) and Glenn Ford (The Desperadoes, The Violent Men) star as Dan Thomas and Tod Ramsey, two saddle bums whose dream of making their fortune in the Lone Star state has gone seriously awry. So when the rough-and-tumble drifters witness a stagecoach holdup, they decide to rob the robbers and go their separate ways. By the time they meet again, however, the two friends discover that they're not only in lovewith the same woman (Claire Trevor, The Stranger Wore A Gun), but on opposite sides of the law as well. Filled with bare-knuckle brawls, necktie parties, cattle drives and shoot-`em-ups, TEXAS is a "fast moving and quite entertaining" (The Motion Picture Guide) epic Western adventure.
Alvarez Kelly
This is the story of a renegade adventurer, ALVAREZ KELLY (William Holden), who gets caught in the middle of the Civil War. With no loyalties to either North or South, Kelly is hired to drive a herd of cattle from Mexico to the Union Army in Virginia. However, along the way he is captured by Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark) who persuades him...by shooting off a finger to deliver the cattle to starving Confederates in Richmond. At a bridge leading to Richmond, the Union Army attacks and a bloody battle ensues in which Kelly risks his own life to save a Confederate officer. In the end, Kelly's fate once again lies in the hands of Colonel Rossiter.