Remembering ‘One-Eyed Jacks’ and ‘Macario’ Actress Pina Pellicer 60 Years After Her Death
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variety.comSteven Gaydos Executive VP of Content Just as she emerged as one of the brightest lights of Latin American cinema, actor Pina Pellicer died by her own hand 60 years ago.
Only 30, she had in a short time co-starred opposite Marlon Brando in his only directing effort, the epic Western “One-Eyed Jacks,” and also appeared in one of the most important films in Mexican cinema’s illustrious history: “Macario,” based upon the classic B.
Traven story and honored as the first Mexican film ever nominated for the international picture (then foreign language film) Oscar.
The journey from script to screen took several torturous years for “Jacks,” which commenced production on location in Carmel in 1958 but did not open in theaters until 1961.
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