Machete

Dec 1, 1958

1h 15m

★ 5.9

Murder and Manhunt in the Caribbean Jungle Lands!

Overview

This 1959 film-noir take on "Othello," filmed in Puerto Rico, stars Mari Blanchard as flirtatious Jean, who marries an older man, plantation owner Don Luis, for financial security and finds herself falling for his virile foster son, Carlos. Fearing that Jean will inherit Luis's money, his greedy cousin, Miguel, poisons the bridegroom against his new wife, informing him about her passion for another.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

J. Harold Odell

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Cast

Jean Montoya

Mari Blanchard

Rita

Ruth Cains

Don Luis Montoya

Albert Dekker

Bernardo

Juano Hernández

Carlos

Carlos Rivas

Miguel

Lee Van Cleef

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0.0

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5.9

The Rum Diary

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3.0

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5.1

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4.7

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10.0

Rupture

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0.0

From Death, To Life

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4.5

Feel The Noise

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0.0

La última gira

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3.7

Dios los cría...

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0.0

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7.8

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0.0

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6.0

Linda Sara

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5.0

Paging Emma

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5.7

Gun Hill Road

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7.5

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10.0

Saudade

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6.2

I Like It Like That

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