The Wonderful Country

Oct 21, 1959

1h 38m

★ 6.1

A Face...A Man...A Motion Picture as Proud and Violent as Tom Lea's Bold and Powerful Novel!

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

United Artists

D.R.M. Productions

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Cast

Martin Brady

Robert Mitchum

Helen Colton

Julie London

Major Colton

Gary Merrill

Cap. Rucker (Texas Ranger)

Albert Dekker

Cipriano Castro

Pedro Armendáriz

Travis Hyle

Jack Oakie

Dr. Stovall

Charles McGraw

Santiago Santos

Anthony Caruso

Pancho Gill

Mike Kellin

General Marcos Castro

Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Diego Casas

Jay Novello

Ben Sterner

John Banner

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The Wonderful Country

Overview

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