Wonderful Country (1959)
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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… More 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. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Parrish
- Genres
- Western
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A top-notch western.
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Cast
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Robert Mitchum
as Martin Brady
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Julie London
as Ellen Colton
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Gary Merrill
as Maj. Stark Colton
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Pedro Armendáriz
as Gov. Cipriano Castro
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Jack Oakie
as Travis Hight
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Albert Dekker
as Capt. Rucker
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Víctor Manuel Mendoza
as Gen. Castro
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Charles McGraw
as Doc Stovall
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John Banner
as Ben Turner
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LeRoy "Satchel" Paige
as Sgt. Tobe Sutton
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Tom Lea
as Peebles
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Jay Novello
as Diego Casas
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Mike Kellin
as Pancho Gil
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Max Slaten
as Ludwig Sterner
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Joe Haworth
as Stoker
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Chuck Roberson
as Gallup
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Chester Hayes
as Rascon
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Anthony Caruso
as Ludwig "Chico" Turner
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Claudio Brook
as Ruelle
