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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   77 votes
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Director:
Roberto Gavaldón
Writers:
Juan Rulfo (story)
Carlos Fuentes (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 December 1964 (Mexico) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Lucha Villa is great. more (3 total)

Cast

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Ignacio López Tarso ... Dionisio Pinzón
Lucha Villa ... Bernarda "La Caponera"
Narciso Busquets ... Lorenzo Benavides
Carlos Jordán ... Esculapio Virgen
Diana Ochoa ... Hermana de Esculapio
Enrique Lucero ... El Chinaco
Agustín Isunza ... Secundino
José Torvay
José Chávez
Pedro Galván
Jorge Lavat
Salvador Lozano
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Golden Cockerel (USA)
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA High Fidelity Sound)
Filming Locations:
Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico more
Company:
Clasa Films Mundiales more

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Movie Connections:
Version of "El gallo de oro" (1981) more
Soundtrack:
El Gavilancillo more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Lucha Villa is great., 7 August 2003
Author: vysolisharik from Berkeley, Ca.

Not to many cock-fighting movies around, this one is full of Mexican traditions. The story is good, the locations are fantastic. Are there more like this? This is truly a made in Mexico film without the european faces.

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