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, Humberto Almazan, Agustin Fernandez, Pedro Galvan, Enrique Lucero, Alberto Pedret
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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 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Warren Oates, Gig Young, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernandez, Kris Kristofferson, Chano Urueta, Donnie Fritts, Jorge Russek, Chalo Gonzalez, Don Levy, Enrique Lucero, Janine Maldonado, Tamara Garina
After his daughter is seduced by Alfredo Garcia, a wealthy rancher seeks revenge. This is the tale of two bounty hunters who participate in the quest of Alfredo Garcia's head. The offbeat film has a cult following. Bloody.
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The Long Goodbye 1973  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Jim Bouton, Warren Berlinger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rutanya Alda, Jo Ann Brody, Vincent Palmieri, Pancho Cordova, Enrique Lucero, George Wyner
Raymond Chandler's novel is the theme for this satiric Robert Altman film starring Elliott Gould as wise-cracking, chain-smoking detective Philip Marlowe. Marlowe investigates the reported suicide of his friend Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton) who Marlowe had taken to Mexico following the murder of Lennox's wife. Meanwhile, Terry's neighbor, Eileen Wade (Nina Van Pallandt), hires Marlowe to track down her alcoholic husband Roger (Sterling Hayden). As he seeks answers, Marlowe must deal with gangster Marty Augustine (Mark Rydell), shady Dr. Verringer (Henry Gibson), and other characters before uncovering the truth.
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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
Caine
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 / Action / Adventure
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manuel Fabregas, Alberto Morin, Armando Silvestre, John(2) Kelly, Enrique Lucero, Jose Torvay, Ada Carrasco, David Estuardo, Pancho Cordova, Jose Chavez, Pedro Galvan, Aurora Munoz, Xavier Marc
Hogan (Clint Eastwood) is a cowboy who rescues Sara (Shirley MacLaine) from three cowboys who are preparing to sexually attack her. Sara tells Hogan that she is a Catholic nun, but she is really a prostitute masquerading as a nun. Hogan escorts Sara to a camp for Mexican revolutionaries who are fighting the French, and a plan is devised for Hogan to take Sara to a French fort where a battle ensues.
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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. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
3. The Long Goodbye (1973)
4. Macario (1960)
5. The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
6. Shark! (1969)
aka: Maneater
aka: Caine
7. Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
8. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
9. Under Fire (1983)
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