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5.8

♡ 10

80%

Arnold Laven Director

Lawrence Dobkin as Gen. George A. Crook

Joe Higgins as Kincaide

Ross Martin as Mangus

Claudio Brook as Mr. Henry

In 1883, the Apache Indians lead by Geronimo reluctantly surrender to the attacks of American and Mexican troops, in exchange for a territory and food for their warriors. Soon though, Geronimo escapes the camps and declares war against the Americans.

Romero

1989

7.1

♡ 12

80%

John Duigan Director

Raul Julia as Archbishop Oscar Romero

Al Ruscio as Bishop Estrada

Claudio Brook as Bishop Flores

Richard Jordan as Father Rutilio Grande

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.

The Bees

1978

4.0

♡ 5

14%

Alfredo Zacarías Director

Claudio Brook as Dr. Miller

John Carradine as Dr. Sigmund Hummel

John Saxon as John Norman

Angel Tompkins as Sandra Miller

Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.

The Glory Guys

1965

6.1

♡ 4

60%

Arnold Laven Director

Tom Tryon as Capt. Demas Harrod

Peter Breck as Lt. Bunny Hodges

Claudio Brook as Rev. Poole

Henry Beckman as Salesman

Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.

Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon

1973

5.1

♡ 3

42%

Action

Horror

mental asylum

Juan López Moctezuma Director

León Singer as

Gerardo Zepeda as Bandit

Claudio Brook as Dr. Maillard / Raoul Fragonard

Arthur Hansel as Gaston LeBlanc

The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.

Eagle's Wing

1979

5.9

♡ 3

32%

Anthony Harvey Director

Harvey Keitel as Henry

Jorge Luke as Red Sky

Claudio Brook as Sanchez

John Castle as The Priest

Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.

The Upper Hand

1966

6.1

♡ 3

Crime

Drama

Denys de La Patellière Director

George Raft as Charles Binnaggio

Mireille Darc as Lili Princesse

Claudio Brook as Mike Coppolano

Carlo Nell as Sergio

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.

The Holy Inquisition

1974

7.2

♡ 2

Arturo Ripstein Director

Claudio Brook as Fray Alonso de Peralta

Jorge Luke as Luis de Carvajal

Ramón Menéndez as Manuel de Lucena

Nicolás Jasso as Verdugo

A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father's funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he reports them, leading to devastating consequences for the whole family.

The Castle of Purity

1973

husband wife relationship

7.5

♡ 4

poison

prostitution

salesman

Arturo Ripstein Director

María Guadalupe Delgado as (as María G. Delgado)

Claudio Brook as Gabriel Lima

Gladys Bermejo as Voluntad

María Rojo as Young at store

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966

7.9

♡ 17

94%

Gérard Oury Director

Marie Dubois as Juliette

Helmuth Schneider as L'officier allemand dans le train

Claudio Brook as Peter Cunningham

Louis de Funès as Stanislas Lefort

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

The Wonderful Country

1959

6.1

♡ 3

36%

Robert Parrish Director

Julie London as Helen Colton

Mike Kellin as Pancho Gil

Claudio Brook as Ruelle

Anthony Caruso as Santiago Santos

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.

The Exterminating Angel

1962

8.0

♡ 21

94%

Luis Buñuel Director

Pancho Córdova as Además

Enrique García Álvarez as Alberto Roc

Claudio Brook as Julio

Roberto Meyer as Loco; Fool

A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.

Viridiana

1961

8.0

♡ 12

97%

90%

Action

based on novel or book

Luis Buñuel Director

María Isbert as Beggar

Fernando Rey as Don Jaime

Francisco Rabal as Jorge

Claudio Brook as Landlord

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

The Milky Way

1969

7.3

♡ 6

95%

Luis Buñuel Director

Daniel Pilon as François, ami de Rodolphe

Georges Marchal as Le jésuite / The Jesuit

Michel Piccoli as Le marquis de Sade / The Marquis

Claudio Brook as L'évêque / Bishop

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, some even supernatural.

Simon of the Desert

1965

7.8

♡ 10

100%

Luis Buñuel Director

Enrique Álvarez Félix as Hermano Matías / Young monk

Enrique García Álvarez as Hermano Zenón / Old monk

Claudio Brook as Simón

Glauber Rocha as (uncredited)

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

Viva Maria!

1965

6.3

♡ 2

Louis Malle Director

George Hamilton as Flores

Brigitte Bardot as Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley aka Maria I

Jeanne Moreau as Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley aka Maria II

Claudio Brook as The Great Rodolfo

An IRA operative escapes to the Americas and teams up with a circus singer to create a popular vaudeville act. When the singer falls for a rebel, they leave the circus behind to become fierce revolutionaries.

The Return of a Man Called Horse

1976

6.1

♡ 11

55%

42%

Action

based on novel or book

Irvin Kershner Director

Claudio Brook as Chemin De Fer

Richard Harris as John Morgan

Jorge Luke as Running Bull

William Lucking as Tom Gryce

Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West-and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the tribe's land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. Led by Horse, they fight to repossess their land.

Cronos

1992