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Americo "Rico" Alaniz is a Actor American born on 25 october 1919
Americo Zorilla Alaniz (October 25, 1919 – March 9, 2015), was a Mexican-born American actor in film and television best known for his role of the peaceful Cheyenne informer "Mr. Cousin" in sixteen episodes from 1955 to 1959 of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role as deputy Marshal Wyatt Earp.
In eight episodes of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Alaniz appeared with Rodd Redwing in the part of "Mr. Brother", who is killed the 1958 episode "One" by the Dry Gulch Gang. Several episodes of the series are spent as Marshal Earp hunts down the gang and makes sure that all four members are tried, and as it resulted, hanged. Alaniz was also cast in two other episodes of the series, as Esteban Morango in "The Schoolteacher" (1958) and as Joe Riva in "Death for a Stolen Horse" (1959).
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In eight episodes of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Alaniz appeared with Rodd Redwing in the part of "Mr. Brother", who is killed the 1958 episode "One" by the Dry Gulch Gang. Several episodes of the series are spent as Marshal Earp hunts down the gang and makes sure that all four members are tried, and as it resulted, hanged. Alaniz was also cast in two other episodes of the series, as Esteban Morango in "The Schoolteacher" (1958) and as Joe Riva in "Death for a Stolen Horse" (1959).
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Final Analysis (1992)
, 2h4Directed by Phil Joanou
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David, Paul Guilfoyle
Roles Le vieil espagnol
Rating58%
Isaac Barr (Richard Gere) is a top-notch, San Francisco-based Freudian psychiatrist, who has Diana Baylor (Uma Thurman) on the patient's couch. He is treating her for frightening and horrific childhood memories, which include images of her drunken father and his death in a fire for which she wasn't blamed.
Summer and Smoke (1961)
, 1h58Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, John McIntire, Thomas Gomez, Una Merkel
Roles Lanceur de couteaux
Rating68%
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
, 2h8Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson
Roles Sotero
Rating76%
A Mexican village is periodically raided for food and supplies by Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his bandits. As he and his men ride away from their latest visit, Calvera promises to return to loot the village again. Taking what meager goods they have, the village leaders ride to a town just inside the American border hoping to barter for weapons to defend themselves. While there, they encounter Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), a veteran Cajun gunslinger. After listening to their tale, Chris suggests that the village hire gunfighters, which would be cheaper than guns and ammunition. The village men relentlessly try to convince him to be their gunman. At first he agrees only to help them find men, but later he decides to recruit six other men to help him defend the village, despite the poor pay offered.
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
, 1h9Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Jenks, Americo "Rico" Alaniz, Warren Frost, Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson
Roles Sgt. Luis Murillo
Rating39%
Upon hearing of several recent robberies of food delivery trucks in Mexico, Joyce Manning (Sally Fraser), Army officer Lt. Col. Glenn Manning's sister, becomes convinced that her brother (Dean Parkin) survived his fall from the Boulder Dam (seen in The Amazing Colossal Man). Along with Army officer Major Mark Baird (Roger Pace) and scientist Dr. Carmichael (Russ Bender), she goes to Mexico to look for her brother.
Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Gene Barry, Allison Hayes, Philip Ahn, Ed Kemmer, Michael Pate, John Dehner
Rating53%
Santiago (1956)
, 1h33Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Alan Ladd, Chill Wills, Lloyd Nolan, Rossana Podestà, Paul Fix, L. Q. Jones
Roles Dominguez
Rating59%
Stagecoach To Fury (1956)
, 1h15Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Paul Fix, Leslie Banning, Wright King
Rating59%
A stagecoach with a mixed group of passenger en route to the town of Fury makes a stop at a layover. Upon arrival the passengers are held up by Lorenzo Garcia and his gang of bandidos capture and disarm the passengers, shooting one when he stops to raise his fallen trousers when he puts his hands up. The two staff of the coaching stop are missing presumed murdered. Garcia questions former Army captain Frank Townsend, now riding shotgun on the stagecoach on the location of the Federal Government gold shipment they expected to be carried by the stagecoach. After Garcia shoots and wounds Tim O'Connor the driver to encourage information, Townsend reveals that the stagecoach was to remain at the layover until a wagon containing the gold shipment would arrive and transfer the cargo to the stage.
The Last Command (1955)
, 1h50Directed by Frank Lloyd, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Sterling Hayden, Arthur Hunnicutt, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Carlson, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Tomas
Rating62%
La relation des derniers jours de Fort Alamo, assiégé par les troupes du général Santa Ana.
Drum Beat (1954)
, 1h51Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith, Hayden Rorke, Charles Bronson
Roles Sorcier
Rating62%
In 1872, veteran Indian fighter Johnny MacKay (Alan Ladd) is sent for by then President Grant (Hayden Rorke). He tells government officials in Washington about hostilities between settlers, soldiers and Modoc renegades near the California and Oregon border. He is appointed peace commissioner for the territory.
Green Fire (1954)
, 1h40Directed by Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas, John Ericson, Murvyn Vye, José Torvay
Roles Antonio
Rating59%
Rugged mining engineer Rian Mitchell (Stewart Granger) discovers a lost emerald mine in the highlands of Colombia, which had last been operated by the Spanish conquistadors. Rian is a man consumed by the quest for wealth. However, he has to contend with local bandits and a savage jaguar.
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
, 1h23Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, Steve Forrest, Allyn Ann McLerie, Anthony Caruso
Roles Gendarme
Rating59%
In France in the 1870s, a string of strange murders happen in the Rue Morgue. The authorities are baffled, but they do have one man who may have the answers, Prof. Dupin.
The Siege at Red River (1954)
, 1h26Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Actors Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone, Jeff Morrow, Robert Burton
Roles Chief Yellow Hawk
Rating58%
Alors que la guerre de sécession fait rage aux États-Unis, Jim Farraday, un officier sudiste et son coéquipier Benjy ont infiltré les lignes ennemies et attaquent un convoi nordiste qui transporte des caisses d'armes dont un rare modèle d'une mitrailleuse Gatling.
Wings of the Hawk (1953)
, 1h20Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Van Heflin, Julie Adams, George Dolenz, Noah Beery, Jr, Abbe Lane, Rodolfo Acosta
Roles Captain Gomez
Rating61%
Mexico, 1911: An expatriate American known as "Irish" Gallagher joins up with Mexican revolutionaries when the mine where he and partner Marco have just struck gold is seized by Colonel Paco Ruiz, a corrupt official who rules the province. Marco is killed by Ruiz.
The Desert Song (1953)
, 1h50Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Operetta films
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Raymond Massey, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson, William Conrad
Rating61%
The original plot is more-or-less adhered to, with some significant alterations. Benny is depicted as a comic Bob Hope-like coward, but not as a sissy. El Khobar's alter ego is that of a mild-mannered (but not squeamish) Latin tutor and anthropologist, whom Birabeau (Ray Collins) hires to keep Margot (Kathryn Grayson) from flirting with his regiment.
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
, 1h19Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott, Rodolfo Acosta, Jack Elam, Americo "Rico" Alaniz
Roles Bermudez
Rating55%
Taking place in 1910, during a fictional revolution in Honduras, Corbett was hired to ensure that a large sum of money came to the deposed political leader. Sylvia Sheppard (Ann Sheridan) and her wealthy husband Harry Sheppard (Zachary Scott) are unwilling hostages of Jim Corbett (Glenn Ford), who is accompanied through the jungle by several wanted criminals. Sylvia, ever the unfaithful wife, eventually falls in love with Corbett. They encounter various dangers, including crocodiles, "tiger fish," large snakes, biting ants, a huge swarm of some unnamed, assumedly stinging, insect, malaria, and armed insurgents.