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English. Budget. $27 million [citation needed] Box office. $3,574,256. Old Gringo is a 1989 American romantic adventure film starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, and Jimmy Smits. It was directed by Luis Puenzo and co-written with Aída Bortnik, based on the 1985 novel The Old Gringo by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes.
- $27 million
- October 6, 1989
- Lois Bonfiglio
- Lee Holdridge
Oct 6, 1989 · Old Gringo: Directed by Luis Puenzo. With Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras. When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries.
- (2.1K)
- Adventure, History, Romance
- Luis Puenzo
- 1989-10-06
A romance drama based on a Carlos Fuentes novel, starring Jane Fonda as a Yankee spinster who falls in love with a Mexican revolutionary leader and a famous American author. The movie has a thin story, a thin screenplay, and a thin performance by Gregory Peck as the old gringo, who is revealed to be the author Ambrose Bierce.
Rated: 4/5 • Nov 15, 2003. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Writer Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck) forms a triangle with a schoolmarm (Jane Fonda) and a Mexican general (Jimmy Smits) on the run.
- (13)
- Luis Puenzo
- R
- Jane Fonda
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Summaries. When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet.
Old Gringo. In 1913, Harriet (Jane Fonda) accepts a job as a governess in Mexico. While there, Harriet is thrown into the middle of the Mexican revolution where she attracts the attentions of two very different men: an elderly American gentleman (Gregory Peck) who has come to Mexico to die, and General Arroyo (Jimmy Smits) who is fighting for ...