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Pancho Villa (1972)Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is double-crossed in an arms deal planned by his comrade Scotty. Villa and Scotty plot a raid on a U.S. cavalry fort in retaliation. Director:Eugenio Martín |
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| Clint Walker | ... |
Scotty
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Col. Wilcox
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Flo
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José María Prada | ... |
Luis
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Ángel del Pozo | ... |
Lt. Eager
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Luis Dávila | ... |
McDermott
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Mónica Randall | ... |
Lupe
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Antonio Casas | ... |
Gen. Goyo
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Alberto Dalbés | ... |
Mendoza
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Barta Barri | ... |
Alfonso
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Eduardo Calvo | ... |
Banker
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Lucy Tiller | ... |
Woman
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Inés Oviedo | ... |
Soldadera
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Bart
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Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is double-crossed in an arms deal planned by his comrade Scotty. Villa and Scotty plot a raid on a U.S. cavalry fort in retaliation. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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31 October 1972 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Cacavas
Performed by Telly Savalas
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"We All End Up the Same"Lyrics by Don Black
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This is a semi-fictional chronicle of the notorious bandit Pancho Villa (Telly Savalas) . It's a witless recounting of Villa's American campaign with broaden focus about action and irony . Villa (Dorotea Arango,1878-1923) sends his gringo pal (Clint Walker) as gunrunner into US . But he encounters every obstacles with MacDermott (Luis Davila) , besides there meets his beautiful spouse (Anne Francis). Then Villa leads his merry men in the famous raid over an American fort after being double-crossed in a weapons deal . Crossing the frontier attacking firstly the checkpoint and bombing the cartel captioning ¨You are entering in United States¨ . Later on , it begins an intense charge over the Columbus headquarter . A cocky and megalomaniac colonel (Chuck Connors) attempts to battle against him .
This Spanish/American co-production paints an ironic , cynic portrayal of the famous leader following the exploits of Villa and his men formed by a peasant army into USA territory . The picture ignores the wealth of the authentic history and becomes yet another action/adventure/humor Western and this failed production doesn't deliver what it should . It's an average Western with comedy , tongue-in-cheek , action and plenty of shootouts, gun-play and some moments is quite entertaining . The motion picture is regularly directed by Eugenio Martin who made among others , terror film (Horror Express) and more Spaghetti Western (Bounty killer , Requiem for a Gringo and Bad man's river).
This uneven rehash about Pancho villa exploits is partially based on real events , the authentic deeds are the following : For a time Villa,who seemed in line for leadership of Mexico ,enjoyed the sympathetic interest of the US government who then dropped Villa and supported his rival,Carranza.Villa's resentment resulted in the vengeance raid on Columbus.Villa slapped the United States in the face by mounting a surprise raid on the town of Columbus,New Mexico,on 9 march 1916, killing eight American soldiers and ten civilians.In retaliation,President Woodrow Wilson sent General Pershing and a Punitive Expedition into Mexico in hot pursuit of Villa.General Pershing's column included the Seventh Cavalry and Apache scouts,chased Villa deep into Mexico,the Americans captured and killed several of Villa's lieutenants but failed to catch the guerrilla leader.Because of Mexican protests,Pershing's command returned to the US.Villa was assassinated in 1923 when gunman ambushed his car.