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Somewhere in Sonora (1933)

“Death rides south of the border!”

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In the heart of the untamed Arizona landscape, Mary Burton and Patsy Ellis encounter the charismatic cowhand, John Bishop, and his faithful steed, Duke. As Bishop gears up for a thrilling stagecoach race, he unwittingly becomes the victim of a nefarious plot by townsfolk betting on his downfall. A stagecoach accident, stage-managed by these unscrupulous gamblers, leaves Bishop shouldering the blame. The circumstantial evidence and his own ill-fated words land him in jail, leading Mary and Patsy to continue on their journey to meet Mary's father at his silver mine in Mexico. Meanwhile, Bishop's employer, Bob Leadly, and ranch hands Shorty and Riley, convinced of his innocence, orchestrate a daring jailbreak. They implore Bishop to head to Sonora, where Leadly's own son, Bart, is embroiled in a life of crime after a wrongful accusation of murder. Bart is now entwined with the fearsome outlaw Monte Black and his Brotherhood of Death, a gang notorious for killing anyone who dares to leave. Fueled by a sense of justice and a promise to bring Bart back, Bishop, accompanied by Shorty and Riley, crosses the border into Mexico. Fate throws Mary, Patsy, and Bishop together again, leading to a chain of events that shifts their perceptions of the wrongfully accused cowboy. In a moment of peril, Bishop proves his valor, saving the girls from an out-of-control wagon, and his name is finally cleared. However, the deeper intrigue lies in the continued pursuit of Monte Black's gang by the relentless Captain Ramirez and the Mexican Rurales. Bishop bravely infiltrates the gang, winning the favor of Black himself. As the gang plans to raid the Paloma mine office, Bishop dispatches Duke to warn the town. Duke, in a daring display of animal heroism, outpaces the raiders and alerts the town, leading to a riveting showdown. Captured by the surviving gang members, Bishop and Bart's fate hang in the balance, with Duke as the only beacon of hope. As the dust settles in the heart of Sonora, the question remains: who will emerge victorious in this enthralling tale of courage, deception, and redemption?

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Somewhere in Sonora is an action movie featuring John Wayne and directed by Mack V. Wright.

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