Way of a Gaucho (1952)
- Directed by
- Jacques Tourneur
- Genre
- Western film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An Argentine rebel gaucho defies authority and falls in love. The story follows his adventures across the open plains.
dustyromanticadventurousslow-burnmelancholicstoicvisually lushsweeping
What happens
Way of a Gaucho is a 1952 American Western drama film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Gene Tierney and Rory Calhoun. It was written by Philip Dunne and based on a novel by Herbert Childs. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and shot on location in Argentina. It was one of a growing trend of runaway productions which saw American production shift away from Hollywood to other countries, particularly Britain and Italy, where the Hollywood studios had large amounts of money frozen because of currency controls. During World War II the Argentinian market had remained open to Hollywood films and Fox had built up significant earnings which they were unable to spend outside the country. The film failed to make a profit on its release. The story portrays the adventures of an Argentine rebel gaucho, a South American cattleman considered a variant of the Mexican vaquero and the American cowboy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Los Troperos (1953)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.