Viva Villa!
...TOO BIG FOR HOLLYWOOD...it was dramatized in the heart of Mexico, with a cast of thousands!
In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death. In 1910, he befriends American reporter Johnny Sykes. Then a meeting with visionary Francisco Madero transforms Villa from an avenging bandit to a revolutionary general. To the tune of 'La Cucaracha,' his armies sweep Mexico. After victory, Villa's bandit-like disregard for human life forces Madero to exile him. But Madero's fall brings Villa back to raise the people against a new tyrant...
Cast
Wallace Beery
Pancho Villa
Fay Wray
Teresa
Leo Carrillo
Rodolfo Fierro (as Sierra)
Donald Cook
Don Felipe de Castillo
Stuart Erwin
Jonny Sykes
Henry B. Walthall
Francisco Madero
Joseph Schildkraut
Gen. Pascal
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Katherine DeMille
Rosita Morales
George E. Stone
Emilio Chavito
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Phillip Cooper
Pancho Villa - as a Boy
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Herbert Stothart
Composer
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Charles G. Clarke
Cinematographer
James Wong Howe
Cinematographer