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Director:
Buzz Kulik
Writers:
Robert Towne (screenplay) and
Sam Peckinpah (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 September 1968 (West Germany) more
Genre:
War | Western more
Tagline:
Villa rages! Villa lusts! Villa kills! VILLA RIDES!
Plot:
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa lead a revolution helped by an American aviator imprisonned in Mexico. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
A classic western that's under appreciated and hard to find more (10 total)

Cast

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Yul Brynner ... Pancho Villa

Robert Mitchum ... Lee Arnold
Maria Grazia Buccella ... Fina (as Grazia Buccella)

Charles Bronson ... Rodolfo Fierro

Herbert Lom ... Gen. Victoriano Huerta
Robert Viharo ... Urbina
Frank Wolff ... Ramirez
Alexander Knox ... President Francisco Madero
Diana Lorys ... Emilita
Bob Carricart ... Don Luis
Fernando Rey ... Fuentes
José María Prada ... Major
Antonio Ruiz ... Juan

Jill Ireland ... Girl in restaurant
Regina de Julián ... Lupita
Julio Peña ... General
Andrés Monreal ... Capt. Herrera
John Ireland ... Client in barber shop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seyyal Taner ... Guerrilla Girl (uncredited)
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Directed by
Buzz Kulik 
 
Writing credits
Robert Towne (screenplay) and
Sam Peckinpah (screenplay)

William Douglas Lansford (adaptation)

William Douglas Lansford (novel "Pancho Villa")

Produced by
Ted Richmond .... producer
 
Original Music by
Maurice Jarre 
 
Cinematography by
Jack Hildyard 
 
Film Editing by
David Bretherton 
 
Casting by
Lillian Kelly 
 
Production Design by
Ted Haworth 
 
Set Decoration by
Román Calatayud 
 
Costume Design by
Eric Seelig 
 
Makeup Department
Richard Mills .... makeup artist
José Antonio Sánchez .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Eduardo García Maroto .... unit production manager: Spain
Robert Goodstein .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carlos Gil .... assistant director
Chuck Hayward .... second unit director
José María Ochoa .... assistant director
Arthur Squire .... second unit director
 
Sound Department
Ray Chapman .... sound
Gordon Daniel .... sound editor
Enrique Mayberg .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Milt Rice .... special effects
 
Stunts
Chuck Hayward .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
John Cabrera .... director of photography: second unit
Ricardo Navarrete .... camera operator
George Rice .... camera operator
Vincent Rossell .... still photographer
 
Music Department
Maurice Jarre .... conductor
Tommy Tedesco .... musician: guitar (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Ricardo Hupkins .... script supervisor
 
Thanks
Pancho Villa .... dedicatee
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:125 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the extras in the film, playing a Mexican guerrilla girl, is Turkish singer Seyyal Taner. She would later receive notoriety for scoring no points in the 1987 Eurovision song contest. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious ropes due to flying hay in the wall scene. more
Quotes:
Rodolfo Fierro: Pancho. Don't argue with him. Shoot him, and let's go.
Pancho Villa: No. No, we don't do that any more.
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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
A classic western that's under appreciated and hard to find, 19 March 1999
Author: MovieMan-112

"Villa Rides" is the most accurate film depicting the life of the infamous mexican bandit, Pancho Villa. It's also filled with an all-star cast. Yul Brenner plays Villa to perfection (many other actors including Telly Savalas have played the role, but not as good as Brenner). Charles Bronson is equally good as Villa's sidekick who spends his free time humiliating and shooting mexicans. Robert Mitchum plays a pilot who gets involved in Villa's revolution. There is a constant pace of action and good dialogue ("Go outside and die. Where are your manners?" is what Bronson says to a mexican after the mexican tries to force himself on a young girl. Bronson shoots him and kicks him out the door). The buzzing noise Mitchum's airplane makes becomes annoying throughout the film (the director's name is Buzz) and the actor who plays the mexican villain seems to be more of a Woody Allen-type character than a vicious, sadistic tyrant. He makes up for that in his final scene. Classic stuff! The film is very rare and hard to find. If you get it, you're lucky.

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