In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. Read More »
Tag Archives: Pedro Armendáriz
Tulsa (1949) Stuart Heisler, Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Action, Drama, Romance, Western
It’s Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing’s rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Read More »
The Brute (1953) Luis Buñuel, Pedro Armendáriz, Katy Jurado, Rosita Arenas, Drama
In the 50’s, in a poor community in Mexico, the landlord Andrés Cabrera wants to evict his tenants to demolish the buildings and sell the land by a large amount. Read More »
Border River (1954) George Sherman, Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz, Romance, Western
Zona Libre is a small enclave across the river from America. Despotically ruled by General Calleja, it offers sanctuary to outlaws, at a price. Read More »
Captain Sindbad (1963) Byron Haskin, Guy Williams, Heidi Brühl, Pedro Armendáriz, Action, Adventure, Family
After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d’etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz. He’s got designs on the beautiful young princess, Heidi Bruhl both lustful and political.
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We Were Strangers (1949) John Huston, Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Adventure, Romance, Drama
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city’s cemetery to a plot owned by a high official, assassinate him, and blow up the whole Cuban hierarchy at the ensuing state funeral. Together with a band of dedicated revolutionaries, they begin digging.
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