Movita

Acting

Movita

Born — Died

1916-04-12 — 2015-02-12

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 11 titles

Wagon Master poster
6.7

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.

Wagon Master

1950

The Furies poster
7.1

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.

The Furies

1950

Ride, Vaquero! poster
6.1

Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their Texas border territory.

Ride, Vaquero!

1953

Dream Wife poster
5.4

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!

Dream Wife

1953

Federal Man poster
6.5

A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.

Federal Man

1950

Wild Horse Ambush poster
10.0

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.

Wild Horse Ambush

1952

Apache Ambush poster
6.3

Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.

Apache Ambush

1955

A Lady Without Passport poster
5.3

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.

A Lady Without Passport

1950

Soldiers Three poster
4.5

Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.

Soldiers Three

1951

Saddle Legion poster
6.8

A cattle inspector runs a rustling ring on the side.

Saddle Legion

1951

The Petty Girl poster
4.3

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.

The Petty Girl

1950

1940s · 4 titles

1930s · 11 titles

Mutiny on the Bounty poster
7.4

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.

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

Flying Down to Rio poster
6.3

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.

Flying Down to Rio

1933

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

El escándalo

1934

The Hurricane poster
6.7

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.

The Hurricane

1937

Rose of the Rio Grande poster
7.0

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.

Rose of the Rio Grande

1938

No artwork available
10.0

In France, opera star Enrico Baroni is tired of his mistress Pompom. After a performance, Enrico goes to a cabaret with his manager, Muldoni, and some friends. When Pompom arrives, Enrico leaves the cabaret with his servant, Fresco. Hearing music nearby, Enrico and Fresco discover a band of gypsies.

La buenaventura

1934

Wolf Call poster
4.4

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.

Wolf Call

1939

Paradise Isle poster
6.0

Stranded on an island, a blind artist (Warren Hull) falls in love with a native (Movita).

Paradise Isle

1937

No artwork available
9.0

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)

The Devil of the Sea

1935

Girl from Rio poster
4.8

A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.

Girl from Rio

1939

Captain Calamity poster
3.0

A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.

Captain Calamity

1936

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