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Encyclopedia > Old Gringo

Old Gringo is a 1989 film, starring Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck. It was directed by Luis Puenzo. It was based on the novel Gringo Viejo by Carlos Fuentes. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, model, writer, fitness guru, producer, activist and philanthropist. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 - June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ... Carlos Fuentes Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (born November 11, 1928) is one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Hispanic world. ...

When schoolteacher Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) goes to Mexico to work as a governess, she's caught up in the Mexican revolution and kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo (Jimmy Smits), with whom she's quickly smitten. But soon after, Harriet meets and falls in love with the sardonic Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce (Gregory Peck), a renowned author who's dying and wishes to spend his final days in anonymity. A governess is a female employee from outside of the family who teaches children within the family circle. ... The Mexican Revolution was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies that began with the popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori in 1910 and continued through the promulgation of a new constitution seven years later. ... Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is a Surinamese and Puerto Rican-American actor, perhaps best known for his long-running roles on the TV series L.A. Law and NYPD Blue. ...


Starring: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits. Year: 1989. Rated: R.


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Old Gringo is a 1989 film starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, and Jimmy Smits.
They use her luggage to smuggle weapons to the servants at the Miranda hacienda, who in turn aid the attacking revolutionary army of General Tomas Arroyo (Jimmy Smits).
During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo," who is really American author Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), joins in the fighting on the side of the revolution, operating the track switch that ensures a railroad flatcar laden with explosives reaches its target.
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