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The Wonderful Country (1959)
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
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Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
Rating:NR
Genre:Western
Written By:Walter Bernstein, Robert Ardrey
In Theaters:10/21/1959
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Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:United Artists, D.R.M. Productions
Cast
Robert Parrish
Director
Robert Mitchum
Martin Brady
Julie London
Helen Colton
Gary Merrill
Major Colton
Albert Dekker
Cap. Rucker (Texas Ranger)
Pedro Armendáriz
Cipriano Castro
Jack Oakie
Travis Hyle
Charles McGraw
Dr. Stovall
Anthony Caruso
Santiago Santos
Mike Kellin
Pancho Gill
Víctor Manuel Mendoza
General Marcos Castro
Jay Novello
Diego Casas
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