Villa Rides [Blu-ray]

Director: Buzz Kulik Buzz Kulik

Overview

Yul Brynner stars as the legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in this 1968 epic that was originally written by Sam Peckinpah, who hoped to direct it. But studio bosses instead hired Buzz Kulik and cut the script. Villa is commanded by General Huerta (Herbert Lom) and assisted by the sadistic Fierro (Charles Bronson). Captain Francisco Ramirez (Frank Wolff) is a counter-revolutionary leader for whom an American pilot, Lee Arnold (Robert Mitchum), is smuggling guns from Texas. While Arnold is in a small village waiting for his place to be fixed, he sees Ramirez's troops attack the village and get routed by Villa. The rebels arrest Arnold for gun-running and sentence him to face a firing squad. He works a deal to save his skin by agreeing to fly missions for the revolutionaries. While Villa's men attack a train, Arnold bombs government troops with grenades. Arnold's aerial support saves Villa when he is sent on a doomed mission by Huerta, who is vying with Villa for power. Arnold escapes to Texas and Villa is arrested for disobeying Huerta's orders. Villa eventually escapes, finds Arnold in Texas, and convinces him to fight again for the revolution, which is now targeting Huerta, who has assassinated the Mexican president and taken power.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2016
UPC:	0887090127417
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	R
Source:	Olive
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	2:02:00
Sales rank:	15,667

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Yul Brynner	Pancho Villa
Robert Mitchum	Lee Arnold
Charles Bronson	Rodolfo Fierro
Grazia Buccella	Fina,Fina
Robert Viharo	Urbina
Frank Wolff	Capt. Francisco Ramirez
Herbert Lom	Gen. Huerta
Alexander Knox	President Francisco Madero
Diana Lorys	Emilita
Robert Carricart	Don Luis Gonzalez
Fernando Rey	Col. Fuentes
Regina de Julian	Lupita Gonzalez
Antonio Padilla Ruiz	Juan Gonzalez
John Ireland	Dave,Girl in Restaurant
José María Prada	Major
Andrés Monreal	Captain Herrera
Robert Towne	Actor
Julio Pena	General
Xan das Bolas	Villa's Telegraphist
José Canalejas	Villa's Guerrillero Rapist Killed by Fierro
Enrique Santiago	Villa's Guerrillero
Seyyal Taner	Guerrilla Girl
Maurice Jarre	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Towne

Sam Peckinpah

William Douglas Lansford

Buzz Kulik	Director
Milt Rice	Special Effects
Ted Richmond	Producer
Robert Towne	Screenwriter
Sam Peckinpah	Screenwriter
William Douglas Lansford	Screenwriter
Roy Charman	Sound Effects
Gordon Daniel	Sound Effects