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The Wonderful Country is a 1959 American Technicolor Western film based (with substantial changes) on Tom Lea 's 1952 novel of the same name that was produced by Robert Mitchum 's DRM Production company in Mexico. Mitchum stars along with Julie London . Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige plays a soldier in the film, and Lea has a cameo as a barber.
- $1 million (US/Canada rentals)
- Chester Erskine
The Wonderful Country: Directed by Robert Parrish. With Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Albert Dekker. A honorable drifter constantly on the run finds his enemies closing in around him.
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- Romance, Western
- Robert Parrish
- 1959-10-01
Gunman Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum) is an American exiled in Mexico for the revenge killing of his father's assassin. Brady, a henchman of the ruthless Castro crime family, travels across the...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Western
- Robert Parrish
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Plot. Martin Brady, at age 14, flees to Mexico from Texas after he kills the man who murdered his father. Now, 14 years later, in 1880s Mexico, he is called Martin Bredi. He is a hired gun for a rich Mexican rancher and Chihuahuan warlord, Cipriano Castro.
- Tom Lea
- 307
- 1952
- 1952
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A hired gun falls for a Texas Ranger's wife. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert Parrish. Director. Robert Mitchum. Martin Brady. Julie London. Ellen Colton. Gary Merrill. Major Colton. Albert Dekker. Captain Rucker. Jack Oakie. Travis Hight. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. Genre.
- Robert Parrish, Henry Spitz
- Robert Mitchum
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Overview. Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen.