Movita
Also Known As: Movita Castaneda, Movita Castenada
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: April 12, 1916
Age: 109 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 12, 2015
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Overview: Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-22
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Red Light
Overview: Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-30
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The Furies
Overview: A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Genres: Western Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-16
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Wagon Master
Overview: Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-22
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Fort Apache
Overview: Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-21
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Federal Man
Overview: A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.
Genres: Adventure Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-21
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The Petty Girl
Overview: An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-17
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Girl from Rio
Overview: A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-07
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Tower of Terror
Overview: Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-27
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Paradise Isle
Overview: Stranded on an island, a blind artist (Warren Hull) falls in love with a native (Movita).
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-21
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Wild Horse Ambush
Overview: A man has kidnaped an engraver and has him forging Mexican bills. He captures wild horses supposedly to sell for hides but uses them to transport the bills across the border. Police captain Juan Reyes (Richard Avonde) is posing as a bandit to uncover the counterfeiters smuggling fake pesos into Mexico, and is assisted by feisty youngsters Red (Michael Chapin) and Judy (Eilene Janssen), who are trying to protect the wild horses being used by the gang. The kids suspect that rancher Big John Harkins (Roy Barcroft) is the leader of the gang and that he is forcing Mexican artist Espinosa (Julian Rivero) to help him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-15
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Captain Calamity
Overview: A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-28
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Apache Ambush
Overview: Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-24
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The Devil of the Sea
Overview: A ship disappears without trace. What happened to the crew? Years later there's news of possible survivors and soon a rescue team is setting sail. Eventually they discover a young man living on a remote island and they ask him to leave with them. He refuses, so they abduct him. But he gets his revenge and guides them into the lair of the devil of the deep. Alternate language version of THE SEA FIEND (1935)
Genres: Adventure Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1935-12-12
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Wolf Call
Overview: A spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a rural mining community in Canada.
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-22
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Dream Wife
Overview: Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-19
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The Hurricane
Overview: A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-09
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Soldiers Three
Overview: Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
Genres: Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-01
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Rose of the Rio Grande
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-15
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Saddle Legion
Overview: A cattle inspector runs a rustling ring on the side.
Genres: Western Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-07
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The Mysterious Desperado
Overview: A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-10
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Flying Down to Rio
Overview: A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-22
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Panic in Echo Park
Overview: A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-23
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A Lady Without Passport
Overview: An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-03
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