The Cananea Prison 1960  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: Pursuit Across the Desert
Director: Gilberto Gazcon
Cast: Pedro Armendariz, Agustin de Anda, Sonia Furio, Teresa Velazquez, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Felix Gonzalez, Jose Chavez, Andres Soler
Wrongfully jailed for murder, Ramon (Agustin de Anda) escapes with persistent and successful tracker Pedro (Pedro Armendariz) hot on his trail across the desert. After the capture, the two begin to understand each other, but will Pedro accept Ramon's story? A good Western.
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 The Professionals 1966  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance, Woody Strode, Ralph Bellamy, Claudia Cardinale, Joe De Santis, Vaughn Taylor, Rafael Bertrand, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Marie Gomez, Jose Chavez, Carlos Romero
Mercenaries led by Bill Dolworth and Henry "Rico" Fardan (Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin) are hired by Texas millionaire Joe Grant (Ralph Bellamy) to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) from the clutches of a Mexican revolutionary (Jack Palance). Lots of good action. Richard Brooks received an Oscar nomination for his direction.
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Robinson Crusoe 1954 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
aka: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernandez, Felipe de Alba, Chel Lopez, Jose Chavez, Emilio Garibay
Robinson Crusoe (Dan O'Herlihy), along with his dog Felix and cat Sam, is shipwrecked on a deserted island. After 18 years of solitude living in a cave, he meets Friday (Jaime Fernandez). Crusoe saves Friday's life when Friday's band of natives plans to kill and eat him. The two develop a strong bond as they spend 10 years together on the island before Crusoe is rescued by a ship's crew and returns to civilization.
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 Romancing the Stone 1984  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Zack Norman, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor, Mary Ellen Trainor, Ron Silver, Eve Smith, Joe Nesnow, Jose Chavez, Evita Munoz, Camillo Garcia, Rodrigo Puebla
Romantic novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner), whose greatest excitement comes when she feeds her cat, is suddenly thrust into a world of danger and intrigue when she is ordered to deliver a package to her sister's kidnappers. She heads for the South American jungles where she is fortunate enough to run into soldier of fortune Jack T. Colton (Michael Douglas) who serves as her guide and knows more about the world than when to feed the kitty.
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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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| 1. The Cananea Prison (1960)
aka: Pursuit Across the Desert
2. The Professionals (1966)
3. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
aka: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
4. Romancing the Stone (1984)
5. Shark! (1969)
aka: Maneater
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