The Torch (1950)

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Country: Mexico, USA
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Release: 1950-06-02
Director: Emilio Fernández
Writers: Emilio Fernández , Íñigo de Martino , Bert Granet
Language: English | Spanish
Stars: Paulette Goddard , Pedro Armendáriz , Gilbert Roland , Walter Reed , Julio Villarreal , Carlos Múzquiz , Margarito Luna , José Torvay , Pascual García Peña , Antonia Kaneem
Runtime: 83 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Μεξικανική φλόγα (Greece) , Viva il generale Josè! (Italy) , Revolt i Mexiko (Sweden) , The Torch , Mexikaniki floga (Greece) , Una mujer rebelde (Spain) , Rebellen der schwarzen Berge , Do Ódio Nasce o Amor (Brazil) , O Triunfo do Rebelde (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Meksiko liekeissä (Finland) , Del odio nace el amor (Mexico) , The Torch (United States of America) , Bandit General (United Kingdom) , Rebellen der schwarzen Berge (Austria)
Plot: A ruthless, comical, fun-loving, romantic rebel general, General Jose Juan Reyes, preparing to make a stand against the Mexican-government army takes over a small Mexican town and imprisons the town leaders, including the father of fiery Maria Dolores Penafiel, who is among those citizens who take a stand against Reyes. Maria protests by slapping the face of Reyes, (the first of many times) and he is so enthralled by her spirit that he immediately declares she must become his wife. In response, she shows some more spirit, she sets off a firecracker under his horse. Reyes begins to soften and, with the aid of Father Sierra and Maria, who is about to marry her local suitor, he helps the town fight an influenza epidemic. He decides to retreat than stage a battle in the town against the advancing government troops. Maria is so stirred by the bugles of the retreating rebels, that she leaves her marriage ceremony and marches with Reyes and his ragged army across the desert into the sunset. Hello, Marlene Dietrich.
IMDB:tt0041971