50 Films & TV Shows Set In Mexico During The 19th Century
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Major Dundee
π²π½ Mexico New Mexico The 1860sDuring the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
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Assault on Fort Texan
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sDuring the War of Independence, a group of Southern soldiers form an alliance with the Apache Indians for the purpose of hunting down and killing the Northern soldiers stationed at Fort Worth.
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A Distant Trumpet
π²π½ Mexico Arizona The 1880sFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters β In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.
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The Savage Guns
π²π½ Mexico The 1870sThis Western is set in the Mexican valley of Sonora not that far south of the state of Arizona. It's just after the American Civil War, and a former Confederate officer, Mike Summers (Don Taylor) has taken refuge in a small town in the valley. He has married and is hoping to live in peace the rest of his life. Instead, he and his wife and the rest of the town are suffering the depredations of a brutal gunman, Danny Pose (Alex Nicol), and his gang of outlaws. Summers holds off picking up a gun because of his personal vow of non-violence. But the situation deteriorates and a new ally comes into the picture, Steve Fallon (Richard Basehart), a wandering gunslinger who may not be able to handle the bad guys alone.
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One-Eyed Jacks
π²π½ Mexico The 1880sThe motion picture that starts its own tradition of greatness. β Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
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The Wonderful Country
π²π½ Mexico Texas The 1880sA Face...A Man...A Motion Picture as Proud and Violent as Tom Lea's Bold and Powerful Novel! β 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.
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Comanche
π²π½ Mexico The 1870sThe Never-Before-Told Epic of the Last Great Indian Battle...Filmed in the All-The-Earth-Spanning Power of CinemaScope β Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.
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Vera Cruz
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sThe Giants Battle In The Biggest Spectacle Of Them All! β After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
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Stronghold
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sIn 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maximilian.
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DoΓ±a Perfecta
π²π½ Mexico The 19th CenturyLiberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
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Furia roja
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sMother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.
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The Eagle and the Hawk
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sRipped from the Pages of America's Mightiest Chapter! β Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...
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Agustina de AragΓ³n
Coahuila de Zaragoza The 1800s1808. During the Spanish Independence war the city of Zaragoza is besieged by French troops. Spanish forces under General Palafox are scarce. Brave Agustina doesn't hesitate to lead the battle and even fire a cannon to stop the invaders when others run away. Based on historical facts.
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Lola Casanova
Sonora The 1880sSonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
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Robin Hood of Monterey
π²π½ Mexico California The 19th CenturyHe Knows His Own STRENGTH...And A Woman's WEAKNESS! β Eduardo Belmonte overhears his new step-mother, Maria, and her lover, Don Ricardo Gonzales plotting to take over the Belmonte rancho on the night of the fiesta given by her husband, Don Carlos Belmonte. Eduardo offers Maria money if she will depart the hacienda premises, but she refuses and then accuses Eduardo of making love to her. The old Don doesn't take kindly to his son hitting on his step-mother and attacks him in a rage. The lights go out, the father is killed and Maria blames Eduardo, who escapes from the house, chased by Ricardo's men. The Cisco Kid and Pancho rescue Eduardo, who has been shot, and hide him while they investigate. Cisco discovers that bullets from Maria's gun, a handy little derringer, are the same type that killed Don Carlos. But the Alcalde arrests Cisco and Pancho, and Cisco is "supposedly" executed by a firing squad, but IS NOT shot and escapes by a trick. And now Maria and Ricardo are in real trouble with Cisco on the loose.
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Don Ricardo Returns
π²π½ Mexico The 1830sAfter being shanghaied in a plot to have him declared dead and take over his ranchero and other properties, Don Ricardo, disguised as a peon, returns to Old California, and begins the fight to reclaim what is his.
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La Fuga
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sA stagecoach full of conflictive passengers makes its dangerours way from Mexico to Veracruz during the days of the French Intervention.
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Mexicanos al grito de guerra
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sIn times of the French Intervention, a student of NunΓ³, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
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Juarez
π²π½ Mexico The 1860sSee It Now ! You'll Remember It Always ! β The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito JuΓ‘rez and democracy.
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The Mad Empress
π²π½ Mexico πΊπΈ United States of America The 1860sThe Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.
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El Cementerio De Las Aguilas
Ciudad de MΓ©xico The 1840sHistorical drama, French occupation of the 1830s.
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Rose of the Rio Grande
π²π½ Mexico The 1830sNo girl ever had such a reckless lover as this swashbuckling rogue who fought with wild abandon for his people - and a senorita's kiss! β The story, based on a novel by Johnston (Zorro) McCulley, concerns a group of aristocratic vigilantes, who go about trying to restore their prominence in Mexico by killing anyone who stands in their way.
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The Revenge of Pancho Villa
π²π½ Mexico The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 19th CenturyNone available
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Juarez and Maximilian
Ciudad de MΓ©xico The 1860sThe story of Mexican President Benito JuΓ‘rez and the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and the empress Carlota.
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Two Men of Sandy Bar
π²π½ Mexico The 1840sJohn Oakhurst, a gentleman gambler, befriends Sandy Morton, who has dissipated his birthright through gambling and excessive drinking and dropped from his father's sight. Although Oakhurst soon takes Sandy's place in the affections of his father, he boards a train heading West and meets Pritchard, an alcoholic, and his wife, the Duchess. Pritchard is wanted by the law and Oakhurst helps him to escape detectives who are on his trail.