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Villa!!
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Wikipedia article
'Villa!!' is a 1958 American Western film directed by James B. Clark, written by Louis Vittes, and starring Brian Keith, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Carlos Mzquiz and Mario Navarro. The film was released in October 1958, by 20th Century Fox.
Plot
Cast
*Brian Keith as Bill Harmon
*Cesar Romero as Toms Lopez
*Margia Dean as Julie
*Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Pancho Villa
*Carlos Mzquiz as Cabo
*Mario Navarro as Pajarito
*Ben Wright as Francisco Madero
*Elisa Loti as Manuela
*Enrique Lucero as Tenorio
*Rosenda Monteros as Marianna Villa
*Flix Gonzlez as Don Octavio
*Jos Espinoza as Posado
*Rafael Alcayde as Don Alfonso
*Alberto Gutirrez as Major Domo
*Jos Trevio as Capt. Castillo
*Jos Chvez as Col. Martinez
*Jorge Russek as Rurale Lieutenant
*Guillermo lvarez Bianchi as Julie's Car Driver
*Gisela Martnez 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 'Sierra Baron' in Mexico, in and around Cherabusco Studios in Mexico City.
Pedro Armendriz was meant to play Pancho Villa but he was replaced by Rodolfo Hoyos.
Margia Dean recalled the director "was a former film editor. Hed fill the camera with pictorial things, unnatural things. Brian Keith and I had a love scene, but I had my back to himwe couldnt 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 villageand a portable toilet. One fella in the cast was urinating and the thing blew away. Cesar Romero was... the only one good in the pictureI didnt like myself or Brian Keith, but of course we had the terrible direction."
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