Murieta (1965) ( Joaquín Murrieta )

Murieta (1965) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Joaquín Murrieta
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
George Sherman

Written By:
James O'Hanlon

Actors:
Jeffrey Hunter ..... Joaquín Murrieta
Arthur Kennedy ..... Capt. Love
Diana Lorys ..... Kate
Sara Lezana ..... Rosita Murrieta
Roberto Camardiel ..... García 'Jack tres dedos'
Pedro Osinaga ..... Claudio / Cucaracha
Frank Braña ..... Pistolero
Mike Brendel ..... Buck Winters / Alborotador
Gonzalo de Esquiroz ..... Pistolero
Juan Cazalilla ..... Borrachin
Julio Pérez Tabernero ..... Valenzuela
David Thomson ..... Comisario
Fernando Villena ..... Pistolero
Héctor Quiroga ..... Tendero
Andy Anza ..... Gomez

Synopsis:

Mexican peasant Joaquin Murieta and his wife go north to California to prospect for gold, finding only one white person, a marshal, who will befriend them. But after Murieta is beaten and robbed, and his wife killed by bandits, Murieta takes out his vengeance by forming a gang of outlaws who rob the countryside. Murieta is eventually cornered by the marshal, who persuades him to end his crusade. But when Murieta is later wounded and convalescent, his gang operates a reign of terror without his knowledge, leading to his death at the marshal's hands in a final battle.

Joaquin Murieta and his wife, Rosita, emigrate from Mexico to seek their fortune in the California Gold Rush of 1849. They encounter fierce anti-Mexican bigotry on the part of local miners but gain a friend in Captain Love, the territorial marshal. Several toughs attack Murieta when he makes a strike and rape and murder his wife. Convinced that the killers will not be brought to justice, Murieta becomes a professional gambler until he finds the guilty men and murders them. Captain Love arrests Murieta, and he is sent to prison, where he meets Three Fingers, leader of a band of Mexican outlaws, and his sidekick Claudio. Kate, a restaurant owner who has befriended Murieta, smuggles a gun into his cell, and the three men escape to join the outlaw gang. Murieta takes over the leadership of the gang and trains the outlaws as a disciplined army to chastize the "gringos." Seriously wounded in a gunfight, Murieta visits Rosita's grave. He is followed by Captain Love, who allows him to remain free in return for a promise that he will end his raids. While Murieta lies unconscious from his wounds, Three Fingers assumes his identity and continues to plunder the countryside. Murieta recovers and leads his gang to surrender, but along the way they are ambushed by Captain Love, and Murieta is killed.

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