The Wonderful Country (film)
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The Wonderful Country is a 1959 American Technicolor Western film based on Tom Lea's 1952 novel of the same name that was produced by Robert Mitchum's DRM Production company in Mexico. Mitchum stars a
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Satchel Paige
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Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball. His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induct
The Wonderful Country (film)
…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. In Mexico, expatriate American pistolero Martin Brady is employed by the Castro brothers…
Paige, c. 1933
Paige (standing, 3rd from left) with the 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords
Paige at the 1936 East–West All-Star Game
Paige, circa 1942