The Wonderful Country ( 1959 )

The Wonderful Country ( 1959 ) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Parrish

Written By:
Tom Lea
Robert Ardrey

Actors:
Robert Mitchum ..... Martin Brady
Julie London ..... Helen Colton
Gary Merrill ..... Maj. Stark Colton
Albert Dekker ..... Texas Ranger Capt. Rucker
Jack Oakie ..... Travis Hyte
Charles McGraw ..... Dr. Herbert J. Stovall
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige ..... Sgt. Tobe Sutton (as 'Satchel' Paige)
Anthony Caruso ..... Santiago Santos
Mike Kellin ..... Pancho Gil
Víctor Manuel Mendoza ..... Gen. Marcos Castro (as Victor Mendoza)
Jay Novello ..... Diego Casas
John Banner ..... Ben Sterner
Max Slaten ..... Ludwig 'Chico' Sterner
Margarito Luna ..... Stoker
Joe Haworth

Synopsis:

Although a mood of melancholy or worse pervades this excellent western, it remains an honest and hard-hitting look at the realistic adventures of Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum -- who produced). Brady fled to Mexico while still quite young in order to avoid prison in the U.S. -- he had killed his father's murderer. After years spent working as a gunman for a wealthy 'padron,' he hates white Americans but has to go north to get weapons. Once on the wrong side of the border, he gets into trouble with U.S. Army for not helping them hunt down Apaches. But the people he meets in a small town, one a European immigrant, begin to change his black-and-white view of the world. Meanwhile, he and Ellen Colton (Julie London), the unhappy wife of an army major, begin to fall in love. Several more adventures and a tragedy or two affect the unlikely couple's future -- ultimately for the better. Baseball hero 'Satchel' Paige shows up in a cameo role, leading an Afro-American unit of the U.S. army. Mexican star Pedro Armendariz is Brady's boss, Governor Castro.

American soldier of fortune works for Mexican brothers who have taken over authority in their territory. He is finally forced to give up working for them after much treachery and betrayal and at last finds his way back to his own people and to the woman he loves.

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