Beyond All Limits 1959  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: For de Mayo
Flowers of Mayo
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Cast: Jack Palance, Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Domingo Soler, Carlos Montalban, Paul Stewart, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Emma Roldan, Juan Muzquiz, Enrique Lucero
Set in a Mexican coastal fishing town, fisherman Pepe Gamboa (Pedro Armendariz), wife Magdalena (Maria Felix), and son live a good life–until American Jim Gatsby (Jack Palance) appears on the scene. Jim and Magdalena were once lovers, and Pepe's son may have been fathered by Jim, or so Pepe fears.
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Macario 1960  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Cast: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Jose Galvez, Jose Luis Jimenez, Mario Alberto Rodriguez, Eduardo Fajardo, Consuelo Frank, Jose Dupeyron, Celia Tejeda, Manuel Noriega, Enrique Garcia Alvarez
An old Mexican fable was the basis for B. Traven's novel "The Third Guest," upon which this film is based. Macario (Ignacio Lopez Tarso) lives in extreme poverty with his family. He goes on a hunger strike to get sympathy and, hopefully, to get a turkey. His wife (Pina Pellicer) steals a turkey and gives it to him, though the children must go to bed hungry. Just as Macario is about to eat it, he is visited by Death and is convinced to share the turkey in return for the ability to heal–as long as Death agrees with the person to be healed. Fame and fortune follow, but promises are hard to keep, and Death doesn't tolerate broken promises. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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The Return of a Man Called Horse 1976  PG, 129 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis, William Lucking, Jorge Luke, Enrique Lucero, Ana DeSade, Claudio Brook, Jorge Russek
This excellent sequel to "A Man Called Horse" again features Richard Harris portraying John Morgan, a former captive of the Sioux who returns to America to help save his tribe from the perils of Western expansion by white Americans. There is another sequel: "Triumphs of a Man Called Horse."
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Shark! 1969  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
aka: Maneater
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Barry Sullivan, Arthur Kennedy, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Lucero, Carlos Beriochoa, Manuel Alvarado, Emilia Stuart, Francisco Reiguera, Carlos Barry, Jose Chavez
On the run from soldiers after pilfering weapons, gunrunner Caine (Burt Reynolds) finds refuge in a small Sudan town. His benefactors Mallare and Anna (Barry Sullivan and Silvia Pinal) talk him into going on an expedition to gather ocean fish specimens. They are really after buried treasure, which they find. Anna sics the sharks onto the two water-borne men, and Mallare is killed. Caine survives, but problems still lie ahead for him.
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Tarzan and the Valley of Gold 1966 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Mike Henry, Manuel Padilla Jr., David Opatoshu, Nancy Kovack, Don Megowan, Enrique Lucero, Eduardo Noriega, Carlos Rivas, John(2) Kelly, Francisco Riquerio
Filmed on location in Mexico, this Tarzan film provides good scenery and adventure as Tarzan (Mike Henry) is on the trail of kidnappers and jewel thieves.
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Two Mules for Sister Sara 1970 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manuel Fabregas, Alberto Morin, Armando Silvestre, John(2) Kelly, Enrique Lucero, Jose Torvay, Ada Carrasco, Pedro Galvan
Clint Eastwood plays "the man with no name" in this comedy/Western that pits him against the comedic talents of Shirley MacLaine who portrays a Catholic nun.
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Under Fire 1983  R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ed Harris, Alma Martinez, Holly Palance, Hamilton Camp, Richard Masur, Enrique Lucero
Journalists (Nick Nolte and Joanna Cassidy) cover the revolution in Nicaragua and end up coming to the aid of the guerilla cause. Good stars do a good job in a better than good film.
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| 1. Beyond All Limits (1959)
aka: For de Mayo
aka: Flowers of Mayo
2. Macario (1960)
3. The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
4. Shark! (1969)
aka: Maneater
5. Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
6. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
7. Under Fire (1983)
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