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Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 4, 1965

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Adventure, Western

User Score

58%

Original Title

Der Schatz der Azteken

Production Companies

Serena, Avala Film, Franco London Films, CCC Filmkunst

Director

Robert Siodmak

Description

Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico, is sent back to that country during the occupation by French troops in the service of the Austrian 'Emperor' Maximilian, to carry an encouraging letter from U.S. President Lincoln to the nationalist Mexican president Benito Juarez.