The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country

Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
, Julie London
Julie London
, Gary Merrill
Gary Merrill
, Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie
Robert Parrish
The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country

Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
, Julie London
Julie London
, Gary Merrill
Gary Merrill
, Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie
Robert Parrish

DVD (Wide Screen)

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Overview

Although a mood of melancholy or worse pervades this excellent western, it remains an honest and hard-hitting look at the realistic adventures of Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum -- who produced). Brady fled to Mexico while still quite young in order to avoid prison in the U.S. -- he had killed his father's murderer. After years spent working as a gunman for a wealthy "padron," he hates white Americans but has to go north to get weapons. Once on the wrong side of the border, he gets into trouble with U.S. Army for not helping them hunt down Apaches. But the people he meets in a small town, one a European immigrant, begin to change his black-and-white view of the world. Meanwhile, he and Ellen Colton (Julie London), the unhappy wife of an army major, begin to fall in love. Several more adventures and a tragedy or two affect the unlikely couple's future -- ultimately for the better. Baseball hero "Satchel" Paige shows up in a cameo role, leading an Afro-American unit of the U.S. army. Mexican star Pedro Armendariz is Brady's boss, Governor Castro.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/28/2012
UPC: 0883904262046
Original Release: 1959
Source: Mgm Mod
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [monaural]
Language: English
Time: 1:38:00
Sales rank: 27,958

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robert Mitchum Actor
Julie London Actor
Gary Merrill Actor
Jack Oakie Travis Hight
Albert Dekker Capt. Rucker
Charles McGraw Doc Stovall
John Banner Ben Turner
Tom Lea Peebles
Jay Novello Diego Casas
Mike Kellin Pancho Gil
Joe Haworth Stoker
Chuck Roberson Gallup
Chester Hayes Rascon
Mike Luna Capt. Verdugo
Anthony Caruso Ludwig `Chico' Turner
Claudio Brook Ruelle
Judy Marsh Entertainer at Fiesta
Pedro Armendáriz Cipriano Castro
Max Slaten Actor
Víctor Manuel Mendoza le général Castro
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige Sgt. Tobe Sutton
Alex North Composer

Technical Credits
Chester Erskine Producer
Robert Mitchum Executive Producer
Robert Parrish Director
Robert Ardrey Screenwriter
Lester Swartz Special Effects
Chuck Roberson Stunts
José B. Carles Sound Effects
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