A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in this lawless place?
Acting
Yvonne De Carlo smolders; Pedro Armendáriz steals every scene.
Cinematography
Cigarette smoke and cantina shadows, gorgeous poverty.
Production
Zona Libre feels genuinely lawless, lived-in, and dangerous.
Director
George Sherman
Joel McCrea
Clete Mattson
Yvonne De Carlo
Carmelita Carias
Pedro Armendáriz
General Calleja (as Pedro Armendariz)
Alfonso Bedoya
Captain Vargas
Howard Petrie
Newlund
Renate Hoy
Annina Strasser (as Erika Nordin)
George J. Lewis
Sanchez
Nacho Galindo
Lopez
Ivan Triesault
Baron Von Hollden
George D. Wallace
Fletcher
Lane Chandler
Anderson
Martín Garralaga
Guzman
Salvador Baguez
General Robles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
George Sherman shot this in just 12 days on leftover sets from Vera Cruz. Poverty row magic.
Pedro Armendáriz was Mexico's biggest star; his Calleja adds genuine tragic weight beneath the B-movie pulp.
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