Border Incident 1949  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya, Teresa Celli, Charles McGraw, Jose Torvay, John Ridgely, Arthur Hunnicutt, Sig Ruman, Otto Waldis
Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez (Ricardo Montalban) and American border patrol agent Jack Bearnes (George Murphy) join forces to infiltrate a smuggling ring and put an end to the killing and kidnapping of illegal aliens around the California border.
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Borderline 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, Roy Roberts, Morris Ankrum, Jose Torvay, Charles(2) Lane, Pepe Hern, Richard Irving, Don Diamond
While on the trail of a Mexican drug-smuggling ring, two undercover police officers (Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor) suspect each other, discover their errors, and fall in love.
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The Brave Bulls 1951  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Mel Ferrer, Miroslava Stern, Anthony Quinn, Eugene Iglesias, Charlita, Jose Torvay, Jose Luis Vasquez, Alfonso Alvirez, Alfredo Aguilar, Francisco Balderas, Pepe Lopez, Felipe Mota, Manuel Orozco, Jose Meza, Vincente Cardenas
A matador, Luis Bello (Mel Ferrer), appears to be unbeatable in the ring. Problems arise when the woman he loves, Linda (Miroslava Stern) dies in a car accident. Bello suffers self-doubts, but his manager Ralph Fuentes (Anthony Quinn) encourages him. Bello does go back in the ring where he is gored by a bull. Now, Bello really begins to doubt his abilities but slowly regains his courage. This film captures the atmosphere surrounding the world of bullfighting.
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Enamorada 1946 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Girl in Love
Director: Emilio Fernandez
Cast: Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Fernando Fernandez, Jose Morcillo, Eduardo Arozamena, Miguel Inclan, Manuel Donde, Eugenio Rossi, Norma Hill, Juan Garcia, Jose Torvay, Pascual Garcia Pena
Set during the Mexican Revolution, this is the story of a revolutionary general (Pedro Armendariz) who is sworn to kill all aristocrats. He meets the beautiful daughter (Maria Felix) of an aristocrat. Not only does the general not harm her, he grows to love her, while she changes from hatred of him to love.
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Green Fire 1954 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Marton
Cast: Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas, John Ericson, Murvyn Vye, Jose Torvay, Joe Dominguez, Charlita, Rico Alaniz
Set in Columbia, Ryan X. Mitchell (Stewart Granger) ponders the dilemma of choosing between greed–represented by money from his emerald mine–and love–depicted in the beautiful Catherine Knowland (Grace Kelly) whose coffee plantation will be ruined if he changes the course of the river to increase profits.
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The Hitch-Hiker 1953 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ida Lupino
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, Jose Torvay, Sam Hayes, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacio, Rodney Bell
As Roy and Gilbert (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) head off on a fishing trip, they make a big mistake: they pick up a hitchhiker, Emmett (William Talman), a sadistic, psychotic killer. Emmett takes the pair hostage and forces them to cross the desert and enter Mexico, playing a cat and mouse game with them on the way. A good film noir directed by the 1930s and 1940s star, Ida Lupino.
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The Last Sunset 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand, Regis Toomey, Jack Elam, Adam Williams, Jose Torvay
Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson) chases his old enemy, Brendan O'Malley (Kirk Douglas), into Mexico where Belle (Dorothy Malone) and Missy (Carol Lynley) Breckenridge enter their lives–BIG time.
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My Man and I 1952 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Jack Elam, Robert Burton, Jose Torvay, George Chandler, Pascual Garcia Pena, Juan Torena
A Mexican migrant worker, Chu Chu Ramirez (Ricardo Montalban), is entranced with a suicidal dancer, Nancy (Shelley Winters), and also runs into legal problems with his employer Ansel Ames (Wendell Corey) after an accidental shooting.
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My Outlaw Brother 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
aka: My Brother, The Outlaw
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, Jose Torvay, Carlos Muzquiz, Fernando Wagner, Hilda Moreno, Margarito Luna, Chel Lopez
Denny O'Moore (Mickey Rooney) travels West in search of his idolized big brother, Patrick (Robert Stack), and teams up with Texas Ranger Joe Walter (Robert Preston). When Denny realizes that Patrick is an outlaw, he aids Joe in putting Patrick behind bars.
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The Torch 1949  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Emilio Fernandez
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendariz, Gilbert Roland, Walter Reed, Jose Torvay, Julio Villarreal, Carlos Muzquiz, Margarito Luna, Pascual Garcia Pena, Antonia Daneem
After taking a small town in Mexico, Jose Juan Reyes (Pedro Armendariz) falls in love with one of the town's beautiful residents, Maria Dolores (Paulette Goddard).
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 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western / Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya, Jose Torvay, Jacqueline Dalya, Robert Blake, Julian Rivero, Arturo Soto Rangel, Manuel Donde, Margarito Luna, John Huston, Pat Flaherty
Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and his friend Curten (Tim Holt) join forces with a prospector (Walter Huston) to search for gold. They find a rich gold field, and their problems increase as greed comes between them. Great line by Gold Hat (Alfonso Bedoya): "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges." John Huston won the Best Director Academy Award for this film, and Walter Huston (John Huston's father) won for Best Supporting Actor. An Oscar was also received for Best Writing, and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
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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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| 1. Bandido (1956)
2. Border Incident (1949)
3. Borderline (1950)
4. The Brave Bulls (1951)
5. Enamorada (1946)
aka: Girl in Love
6. Green Fire (1954)
7. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
8. The Last Sunset (1961)
9. The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
10. My Man and I (1952)
11. My Outlaw Brother (1951)
aka: My Brother, The Outlaw
12. The Torch (1949)
13. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
14. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
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