Viva Villa!

Apr 27, 1934

1h 55m

★ 6.2

...TOO BIG FOR HOLLYWOOD...it was dramatized in the heart of Mexico, with a cast of thousands!

Overview

In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Pancho Villa

Wallace Beery

Sierra

Leo Carrillo

Teresa

Fay Wray

Don Felipe de Castillo

Donald Cook

Jonny Sykes

Stuart Erwin

Francisco Madero

Henry B. Walthall

Gen. Pascal

Joseph Schildkraut

Rosita Morales

Katherine DeMille

Emilio Chavito

George E. Stone

Pancho Villa as a Boy

Phillip Cooper

Bugle Boy

David Durand

Pancho Villa's Father

Frank Puglia

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