Border River

1954

English

6.0

♡ 7

95%

George Sherman Director

Jack Kenny as Barfly

James J. Casino as Barfly

Martin Garralaga as Guzman

Fred Beir as Tom Doud

A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in this lawless place?

Law and Order

1953

English

6.1

♡ 1

47%

Nathan Juran Director

Don Gordon as Bart Durling

Jack Kelly as Jed

Harry Harvey as Land Agent

Martin Garralaga as Mexican Blacksmith

Frame Johnson's attempt to settle down in Tombstone is interrupted when a mob tries to mete out some frontier justice.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

1964

English

6.1

♡ 5

50%

Adventure

based on novel or book

James B. Clark Director

George Kennedy as Aleut Captain

Carlos Romero as Chowig

Larry Domasin as Ramo

Martin Garralaga as The Priest

Based on the beloved book by Scott O'Dell, this family movie tells the adventures of a young Native American girl. After her father is killed by a malevolent white trapper, Karana joins her community as they leave their island home in the Pacific to live on the mainland. Upon her departure, Karana realizes that her brother has been left behind. She immediately swims back to be with him and the two remain on the abandoned island. Though Karana is able to domesticate a wolf, her brother is not so fortunate with the animals and is killed by a pack of wild dogs. She is left to survive against the odds.

Framed

1947

English

6.9

♡ 8

55%

Richard Wallace Director

Walter Baldwin as Assistant Manager

Martin Garralaga as Cafe Janitor

Gene Roth as Detective

Edgar Buchanan as Jeff Cunningham

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Border Incident

1949

English

7.0

♡ 6

smuggling (contraband)

Thriller

undocumented immigrant

Anthony Mann Director

Jack Lambert as Chuck

Martin Garralaga as Col. Rafael Alvarado

Fred Graham as Leathercoat with Motorcycle

Howard Da Silva as Owen Parkson

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

Lonely Are the Brave

1962

English

7.6

♡ 8

93%

85%

Action

based on novel or book

David Miller Director

Bill Bixby as Airman in Helicopter

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Desk Sergeant

Martin Garralaga as Old Man

James J. Casino as Prisoner

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

English

7.0

♡ 9

67%

historically inaccurate

marriage engagement

Romance

War

Michael Curtiz Director

Donald Crisp as Col. Campbell

Errol Flynn as Maj. Geoffrey Vickers

Martin Garralaga as Panjari

Nigel Bruce as Sir Benjamin Warrenton

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

The Chase

1946

English

6.4

♡ 5

40%

Arthur Ripley Director

Lloyd Corrigan as Emmerrich Johnson

Peter Lorre as Gino

Martin Garralaga as Havana Cabman

James Westerfield as Job - the Butler

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

In Old California

1942

English

6.3

♡ 7

48%

William C. McGann Director

Frank Hagney as Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob

Art Dillard as Henchman

Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Carson

Martin Garralaga as Señor Alvarez

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.

A Man Alone

1955

English

6.4

♡ 3

45%

Ray Milland Director

Frank Hagney as Dorfman

Richard Hale as Judge Witham

Thomas Browne Henry as Maybanks

Martin Garralaga as Ortega

A gunfighter, stranded in the desert, comes across the aftermath of a stage robbery, in which all the passengers were killed. He takes one of the horses to ride to town to report the massacre, but finds himself accused of it. He also finds himself accused of the murder of the local banker, and winds up hiding in the basement of a house where the local sheriff, who is very sick, lives with his daughter.

Gunfighters

1947

English

6.3

♡ 5

38%

George Waggner Director

Forrest Tucker as Ben Orcutt

Barbara Britton as Bess Banner

Martin Garralaga as Padre

Jack Kenny as Townsman

Gunfighter "Brazos" Kane lays aside his guns "forever" when he is forced to shoot his best friend, and decides to join another friend, Bob Tyrell, as a cowhand on the Inskip ranch. Upon arriving there he finds the bullet-riddled body of his friend. He carries the body to the Banner ranch, the largest in the territory, and is accused by Banner of murdering Tyrell; Banner orders Deputy Sheriff Bill Yount, who is in Banner's pay, to arrest Kane. But Kane has the sympathy of Banner's daughter, Jane, who notifies Inskip of Kane's plight, and Inskip arrives in time to prevent a lynching. Sheriff Kiscade dismisses the murder charge for lack of evidence. Brazos then sets out to find the killer of his friend. Bess Bannister, Jane's sister, is in love with the Banner ranch foreman, Bard Macky, and knowing that Bard killed Tyrell and that Kane will track him down, then hampers Kane's mission somewhat by pretending to be in love with him.

The Hitch-Hiker

1953

English

6.9

♡ 15

94%

Ida Lupino Director

Martin Garralaga as Bartender

Frank Lovejoy as Gilbert Bowen

Jean Del Val as Inspector General

Edmond O'Brien as Roy Collins

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

Fun in Acapulco

1963

English

5.9

♡ 10

57%

Richard Thorpe Director

John Indrisano as Hotel Guest

Martin Garralaga as Manager of the Tropicana Hotel

Mary Treen as Mrs Stevers

Don Diamond as Waiter

Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike finds new work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Tensions increase when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard—who is also the champion diver of Mexico.

Mysterious Intruder

1946

English

6.3

♡ 8

56%

William Castle Director

Martin Garralaga as Detective

Barton MacLane as Detective Taggart

Helen Mowery as Freda Hanson

Regis Toomey as James Summers

A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

Voice of the Whistler

1945

English

6.2

♡ 9

38%

William Castle Director

Gigi Perreau as Bobbie

Minerva Urecal as Georgie's Wife

Forbes Murray as Sinclair Executive

Martin Garralaga as Tony, Fruit Peddler

A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

English

6.8

♡ 18

64%

spanish civil war (1936-39)

War

Sam Wood Director

Martin Garralaga as Captain Mora

Fortunio Bonanova as Fernando

Ingrid Bergman as María

Jean Del Val as The Sniper

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

Green Fire

1954

English

5.9

♡ 5

21%

Andrew Marton Director

John Ericson as Donald Knowland

Martin Garralaga as Gonzales

Lillian Molieri as Mexican Girl

Paul Douglas as Vic Leonard

In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

English

8.2

♡ 65

100%

93%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

John Huston Director

Manuel Dondé as El Jefe

Barton MacLane as McCormick

Robert Blake as Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets

Martin Garralaga as Railroad Conductor

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

California

1947

English

6.1

♡ 7

california

wagon train

Western

John Farrow Director

Martin Garralaga as Mexican Sheepherder

Barry Fitzgerald as Michael Fabian

Don Beddoe as Stark

Frank Mills as Wagon Train Member

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.