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The Treasure of Pancho Villa

"WITH GUTS AND GUNFIRE they blasted their way into history!"

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

Top Cast

  • Rory Calhoun

    Rory Calhoun

    Tom Bryan

  • Shelley Winters

    Shelley Winters

    Ruth Harris

  • Gilbert Roland

    Gilbert Roland

    Colonel Juan Castro

  • Joseph Calleia

    Joseph Calleia

    Pablo Morales

  • Fanny Schiller

    Fanny Schiller

    Laria Morales

  • Carlos Múzquiz

    Carlos Múzquiz

    Commandant (as Carlos Mosquiz)

  • Tony Carbajal

    Tony Carbajal

    Farolito (as Tony Carvajal)

  • Pasquel Pena

    Pasquel Pena

    Ricardo (as Pasquel Pená)

  • Lita Baron

    Lita Baron

    Birdcage Flirt in Plaza (uncredited)

Overview

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

Rating

5.9 / 10
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1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    5 Mar 17, 2015

    Muera Villa. The Treasure of Pancho Villa is directed by George Sherman and adapted to screenplay by Niven Busch from a story written by J. Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater. It stars Rory Calhoun, Gilbert Roland and Shelley Winters. Music is by Leith Stevens and cinematography by William Snyder. It's 1915, Mexico, and two adventurers are in the throes of revolutionary greed, loyalties and plain stubbornness... It's all rather dull, really, a film not without a good action quotient, yet it drags itself through the slumber with weak characterisations. Winters is shoehorned into the pic as a sort of love interest, but ultimately her character achieves nothing more than under developed dressage, while Calhoun and Roland are saddled with some dire passages of chatter that come off as weak willed time filler. There's some sturdy machismo on show, especially when Calhoun lets fly with his Lewis Machine Gun, the location photography at Morelos (Technicolor/SuperScope) engages the eyes, and the last hurrah battle excites, but this is one that quickly fades from memory, sadly. By this point even the buzzards have had enough... 5/10

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