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It was based on the novel ''Gringo Viejo'' by Carlos Fuentes .

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.

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