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      A Message to Garcia

      1936 1h 17m Adventure List
      Reviews 40% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Tensions are mounting between the United States and Spain. The president asks Lt. Andrew Rowan (John Boles) to travel to Cuba and deliver a message to rebel leader Gen. Garcia: The United States will need his help if war does break out. Rowan sails to Cuba and meets Raphaelita Maderos (Barbara Stanwyck), his guide through the dangerous jungle. On their way to the rebel headquarters they also meet Sgt. Dory (Wallace Beery), a deserter who may have a plan of his own. Read More Read Less

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      Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine Barbara Stanwyck gives a clipped, chilly, and Vassarish performance as the aristocratie native. Full of bloody action, zinging bullets, swamp escapes... Apr 23, 2020 Full Review Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine A Message to Garcia dejiends more on action than on acting and is excellent adventure entertainment. Oct 4, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D A lesser Barbara Stanwyck that fails to do enough Barbara Stanwycking. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/13/23 Full Review Tom M Great 'spy' film for 1936. Boles and Stanwyck are very good but it's always lovable Beery that's the hero. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/21 Full Review Audience Member Turgid, set bound drama with some wild miscasting in central roles. Beery is believable as a renegade wanderer looking for the prime advantage but he's the only actor that really seems to fit. The most ludicrous of all is Barbara Stanwyck, a great actress yes but a Cuban senorita? never! The couldn't have borrowed Lupe Velez or Dolores del Rio? All great stars have turkeys in their filmographies this is one for both Missy and Wally Beery. Just so much studio fodder to fill a double bill. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Tensions are mounting between the United States and Spain. The president asks Lt. Andrew Rowan (John Boles) to travel to Cuba and deliver a message to rebel leader Gen. Garcia: The United States will need his help if war does break out. Rowan sails to Cuba and meets Raphaelita Maderos (Barbara Stanwyck), his guide through the dangerous jungle. On their way to the rebel headquarters they also meet Sgt. Dory (Wallace Beery), a deserter who may have a plan of his own.
      Director
      George Marshall
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 17m