She Came to the Valley (1979)

A family moves to a border town near the Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa.

Director:

Albert Band

Writers:

Frank Ray Perilli (screenplay), Albert Band (screenplay)

Stars:

Ronee Blakley, Dean Stockwell, Scott Glenn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ronee Blakley	...	Willy Westall
Dean Stockwell	...	Pat Westall
Scott Glenn	...	Bill Lester
Freddy Fender	...	Pancho Villa
Anna Jones	...	Amara Westall
Jennifer Jones	...	Srita Westall
Rafael Flores Jr.	...	Benito Torres
Les Brecht	...	Phil Allen
Frank Benedetto	...	Captain Hernandez
Sol Marroquin	...	Colonel Vaccaro
Evelyn Guerrero	...	Connie
Ruth Reeves	...	Miss Thirty Six
Claus Eggers	...	Klaus (as Klaus Eggers)
Detlev Nitche	...	Zimmer
Michael Hart	...	Henry (as Michael Hart)

Storyline

A family moves to a border town near the Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa.

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Plot Keywords:

five word title | street shootout | mexican | african american | repeating rifle | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Western

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

She Came to the Valley
Music by Tommy Leonetti
Lyrics by Mack David
Sung by Freddy Fender

User Reviews

How Dry Was My Valley

I just watched this movie on one of those $1 DVDs you get near the checkout at WalMart. I guess it was worth a dollar, mainly because it was packaged with another movie that was much more enjoyable. Still, I'm not sorry I watched it, even though it was hard to sit through. It was an experience. I agree with most of the reviewers here that the cast was a good one, and they tried really hard to make the seemingly pointless material come alive. On a more positive note: the movie is an unusual Western that deals with some real, late nineteenth century-early twentieth century history that most Westerns don't portray. And I'll say this for it... the script is so artless it actually makes the story more believable in a quirky sort of way. It has a kind of Reality TV feel to it. A lot of Dean Stockwell and Ronee Blakeley's family life was hard to watch though, because you just knew something was bound to go wrong to mess up their happiness. And besides that, Stockwell's character gets a crippling load dropped on him, and later gets run over by a car. Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

She Came from the Valley

Filming Locations:

Mission, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

R.G.V. Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1