''Villa!!'' is a 1958 American

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film directed by James B. Clark, written by Louis Vittes, and starring

Brian Keith Brian Keith (born Robert Alba Keith, November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work in films such as the Disney family film '' The Parent T ...

Cesar Romero Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor and activist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in c ...

Margia Dean Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez ( Skliris; born April 7, 1922), known as Margia Dean, is an American former beauty queen and stage and screen actress of Greek descent, who had a successful career in Hollywood films during the 1940s until the ...

, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Carlos Múzquiz and

Mario Navarro Mario Navarro (Born in 1949) is a Mexican actor, active in the 1950s and 1960s. He made his film debut in 1956 playing a leading role in ''The Road of Life'', following in the same year with ''The Beast of Hollow Mountain''. In 1960 he appeared in ...

. The film was released in October 1958, by

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Plot

Cast

as Bill Harmon *

as Tomás Lopez *

as Julie * Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as

Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (,"Villa"
''Collins English Dictionary''. ; ;

*Carlos Múzquiz as Cabo *

as Pajarito * Ben Wright as

Francisco Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...

*Elisa Loti as Manuela *

Enrique Lucero Enrique Lucero (October 9, 1920 – May 9, 1989) was a Mexican-American film actor. He was known for such films as '' Macario'' (1960) and ''Two Mules for Sister Sara'' (1970). He also played the role of the "Indian Chief" in ''Buck and the Preac ...

as Tenorio *

Rosenda Monteros Rosa Méndez Leza (31 August 1935 – 29 December 2018), known professionally as Rosenda Monteros, was a Mexican actress. She studied drama under Seki Sano. To American audiences, she is best known for her role as Petra in ''The Magnificent Seven' ...

as Marianna Villa *Félix González as Don Octavio *José Espinoza as Posado *

Rafael Alcayde Rafael Alcayde (19 October 1906 – 27 August 1993) was a Mexican film actor.Ruétalo & Tierney p.306 Selected filmography * ''Kiss and Make-Up'' (1934) * ''I Am a Fugitive'' (1946) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * '' The Associate'' (1946) * ''The ...

as Don Alfonso *Alberto Gutiérrez as Major Domo *José Treviño as Capt. Castillo *José Chávez as Col. Martinez *Jorge Russek as Rurale Lieutenant *Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi as Julie's Car Driver *Gisela Martínez as Flamenco Dancer *Lamberto Gayou as Perez *Lee Morgan as Rancher *Ricardo Adalid as First Villager *Paul Arnett as Second Villager * Raphael J. Sevilla as Carlos *Carlos Guarneros as Comic Dancer *Eduardo Pliego as Mayor *Yolanda del Valle as Pretty Girl *Alberto Pedret as Mexican Detective with Harmon

Production

The film was originally called ''The Pancho Villa Story''. The film was shot back to back with ''

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'' in Mexico, in and around Cherabusco Studios in Mexico City.

Pedro Armendáriz Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was a Mexican film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars ...

was meant to play Pancho Villa but he was replaced by Rodolfo Hoyos. Margia Dean recalled the director "was a former film editor. He’d fill the camera with pictorial things, unnatural things. Brian Keith and I had a love scene, but I had my back to him—we couldn’t look into each other's eyes. That director was shooting for the scenery. He made it uncomfortable, and thus made it hard to be convincing. I remember they built this Indian village—and a portable toilet. One fella in the cast was urinating and the thing blew away. Cesar Romero was... the only one good in the picture—I didn’t like myself or Brian Keith, but of course we had the terrible direction."

References

External links

* {{James B. Clark 1958 films American Western (genre) films 1958 Western (genre) films 20th Century Fox films CinemaScope films Films about Pancho Villa Films directed by James B. Clark Films shot in Mexico Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1950s English-language films 1950s American films