The Wonderful Country 64 years old

A Face...A Man...A Motion Picture as Proud and Violent as Tom Lea's Bold and Powerful Novel!

The Wonderful Country

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. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.

Credits

The Wonderful Country Cast

Name Character
Gary Merrill He was 44, 74 years old when he died as Major Colton
Anthony Caruso He was 43, 86 years old when he died as Santiago Santos
Julie London She was 33, 74 years old when she died as Helen Colton
Robert Mitchum He was 42, 79 years old when he died as Martin Brady
Víctor Manuel Mendoza He was 46, 81 years old when he died as General Marcos Castro
John Banner He was 49, 63 years old when he died as Ben Sterner
Charles McGraw He was 45, 66 years old when he died as Dr. Stovall
Mike Kellin He was 37, 61 years old when he died as Pancho Gill
Jack Oakie He was 55, 74 years old when he died as Travis Hyle
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige as Sgt. Sutton
Albert Dekker He was 53, 62 years old when he died as Cap. Rucker (Texas Ranger)
Jay Novello He was 55, 78 years old when he died as Diego Casas

The Wonderful Country Crew

Name Department
Floyd Crosby as Director of Photography. He was 59 (85) years old when He died Camera
Michael Luciano as Editor. He was 50 (83) years old when He died Editing
Tom Lea as Novel. Writing
Robert Ardrey as Screenplay. He was 51 (71) years old when He died Writing
Chester Erskine as Producer. He was 55 (82) years old when He died Production
Alex Phillips as Director of Photography. He was 59 (77) years old when He died Camera
Alex North as Original Music Composer. He was 48 (80) years old when He died Sound
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The Wonderful Country (64 years)

A Face...A Man...A Motion Picture as Proud and Violent as Tom Lea's Bold and Powerful Novel!

  • Release day: Wednesday, October 21, 1959
  • Runtime: 98 minutes