| The Wonderful Country | |
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| Directed by | Robert Parrish |
| Written by | Walter Bernstein (uncredited) |
| Screenplay by | Robert Ardrey |
| Based on | The Wonderful Country 1952 novel by Tom Lea |
| Produced by | Chester Erskine |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Julie London Pedro Armendáriz |
| Cinematography | Floyd Crosby Alex Phillips |
| Edited by | Michael Luciano |
| Music by | Alex North |
Production company | D.R.M. Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | United States (production) Mexico (filming) |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1 million (US/Canada rentals)[1] |
The Wonderful Country is a 1959 American Technicolor Western film based (with substantial changes) on Tom Lea's 1952 novel of the same name that was produced by Robert Mitchum's DRM Production company in Mexico. Mitchum stars along with Julie London.
Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige plays a soldier in the film, and Lea has a cameo as a barber.
- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34