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Monday, March 22, 2021

Wings Of The Hawk (1953)

Set in 1911 Mexico during the revolution, an Irish miner (Van Heflin) has his gold mine confiscated by a corrupt official (George Dolenz). With a price on his head, the miner is rescued by a group of Mexican guerrillas led by a woman (Julie Adams). Directed by Budd Boetticher (THE TALL T), the movie was originally shown in 3D which may be the only notable thing about it. Although set in Mexico, the movie was filmed on the Universal backlot with Simi Valley used to simulate the Mexican landscape. It's watchable but does it justify the expenditure of your time? Unless you're a Budd Boetticher completist (this seems a paycheck film) or a film geek who tries to see (almost) everything then probably not. With Abbe Lane, Rodolfo Acosta, Antonio Moreno, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (sic) and Noah Beery Jr. 

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