Top Cast
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Pedro Armendáriz
Pancho Villa
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María Elena Marqués
Jesusita de Chihuahua
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Carlos López Moctezuma
Fierro
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Humberto Almazán
Luisito
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Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Remedios
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Miguel Manzano
Col. Triana
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Eduardo Noriega
Captain
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Martha Elena Cervantes
Dora
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Claudia Celis
Overview
The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.
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