Way of a Gaucho (1952)
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- Passed
- 1h 27min
- Action, Adventure
- 16 Oct 1952 (USA)
- Movie
In 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader.
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Cast
| Rory Calhoun | ... |
Martin Penalosa
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| Gene Tierney | ... |
Teresa Chavez
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| Richard Boone | ... |
Maj. Salinas
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| Hugh Marlowe | ... |
Don Miguel Aleondo
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| Everett Sloane | ... |
Falcon
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Enrique Chaico | ... |
Father Fernández
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Jorge Villoldo | ... |
Valverde
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Rolando Dumas | ... |
Julio
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Hugo Mancini | ... |
Army Lieutenant
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Néstor Yoan | ... |
Army Sergeant
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Mario Abdah | ... |
Horse Dealer (uncredited)
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Teresa Acosta | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Raoul Astor | ... |
Huerta - Police Captain (uncredited)
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| Douglas Brooks | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Lidia Campos | ... |
Tia María (uncredited)
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Lia Centeno | ... |
Lady Guest (uncredited)
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Kim Dillon | ... |
Sentry (uncredited)
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John Henchley | ... |
Gaucho Tracker (uncredited)
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Oscar Lucero | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Tom McDonough | ... |
Gaucho (uncredited)
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John Paris | ... |
Foreman (uncredited)
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Alex Peters | ... |
Driver (uncredited)
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Douglas Poole | ... |
Pallbearer (uncredited)
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| Chuck Roberson | ... |
Gaucho (uncredited)
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Claudio Torres | ... |
Florencio (uncredited)
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Anthony Ugrin | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jacques Tourneur | ||
Written by
| Herbert Childs | ... | (novel) |
| Philip Dunne | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Joseph C. Behm | ... | associate producer |
| Philip Dunne | ... | producer |
Music by
| Sol Kaplan | ||
Cinematography by
| Harry Jackson | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Robert Fritch | ||
Art Direction by
| Mark-Lee Kirk | ||
| Lyle R. Wheeler | ||
Set Decoration by
| Thomas Little | ||
| Bruce MacDonald | ||
Costume Design by
| Charles Le Maire | ||
| Mario Vanarelli | ||
Makeup Department
| Ben Nye | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Jack Stubbs | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Bill Sittell | ... | props |
Visual Effects by
| Ray Kellogg | ... | special photographic effects |
Stunts
| Anita Fontanet | ... | stunt double |
| Vidol Molino | ... | stunt double |
| Glorinda Varas | ... | stunt double |
| Chuck Roberson | ... | stunt double Rory Calhoun and Richard Boone (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Bernard Mayers | ... | orchestrator |
| Alfred Newman | ... | musical director |
| Edward B. Powell | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Luis César Amadori | ... | technical advisor |
| Colonel Landa | ... | technical advisor |
| Eleodoro Marenco | ... | technical advisor |
| Horacio Rega Molina | ... | technical advisor |
| Felix J. Weil | ... | technical advisor |
| Henry Levin | ... | fill-in director (uncredited) |
| Robert D. Webb | ... | fill-in director (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Twentieth Century Fox (1952) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1952) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1953) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century-Fox (1953) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2012) (United States) (DVD) (20th Century Fox Cinema Archives)
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Storyline
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Set in the Argentina of about 1875 in which a customary punishment for killing was a sentence to army service. A young gaucho deserts his army sentence and becomes a bandit leader and also gets his sweetheart pregnant. Seeing the futility of his ways, he takes her to a church to be married prior to surrendering himself back to the army.
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | Surging with the Fury and Romance of the Argentine Pampas ! See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $2,239,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | By the time shooting was completed in Argentina, Eva Perón had died. For that reason the crew remained in the country, by a request from the government, in order to film the funeral proceedings in Technicolor. See more » |
| Soundtracks | La Huella, Huella See more » |
| Quotes |
Teresa Chavez:
It is right that men should talk of what they love... and that women should listen. Martin Penalosa: On the pampa, we have a saying: "No matter how she smiles, a woman is a woman. And there's another, and another, up to the number of the stars." See more » |