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Posts Tagged "Mexico"

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Bandolero! *** (1968, James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 10,298

The cast suggests a lighthearted Western, but director Andrew V McLaglen’s 1968 Bandolero! is actually a showcase for tough fisticuffs and violent shootouts, as well as a showcase for its stars James Stewart, Dean Martin, […]

Sep, 12

The Texan *** (1930, Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn, Oscar Apfel, James A Marcus) – Classic Movie Review 10,265

Director John Cromwell’s primitive but interesting 1930 early talkie Western film The Texan stars Gary Cooper as a bandit called the Llano Kid who meets con man Thacker (Oscar Apfel), who persuades him to pretend […]

Sep, 05

Deep Crimson [Profundo carmesí] *** (1996, Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Rosa Furman, Sherlyn González) – Classic Movie Review 9983

Beware director Arturo Ripstein’s fascinating, dark and gruesome 1996 black comedy thriller Deep Crimson [Profundo carmesí] about the balding gigolo Nicolas Estrella (Daniel Giménez Cacho) and the overweight nurse Coral Fabre (opera singer Regina Orozco) […]

Jun, 30

The Brute [El Bruto] **** (1953, Pedro Armendáriz, Katy Jurado, Rosita Arenas, Andrés Soler) – Classic Movie Review 9958

The 1953 drama The Brute [El Bruto] was filmed fast by Luis Buñuel in Mexico, with intriguing performances and a fiery mood. Buñuel’s complex, heated, highly charged tale is of a none-too-intelligent meat-packing giant, Pedro […]

Jun, 25

The Big Gundown [La resa dei conti] **** (1966, Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Walter Barnes) – Classic Movie Review 9830

Western cult stars Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian give great workouts for their practised, long-polished turns in director Sergio Sollima’s tough-toned 1966 European Western film The Big Gundown [La resa dei conti] about a […]

May, 27

Guns for San Sebastian [La bataille de San Sebastian] *** (1968, Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 9714

Director Henri Verneuil’s 1968 Franco-Mexican-Italian co-production Guns for San Sebastian [La bataille de San Sebastian] stars Anthony Quinn, who does his Zorba turn again as Leon Alastray, an escaping outlaw in 18th-century Mexico pretending to […]

May, 04

Across the Bridge **** (1957, Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Bernard Lee, Noel Willman, Eric Pohlmann) – Classic Movie Review 9424

Director Ken Annakin’s 1957 black and white thriller Across the Bridge stars Rod Steiger, who came to Britain to play Carl Schaffner, a scared swindler running from the London law ( Noel Willman as Chief […]

Feb, 24

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