The life of the famous Mexican bandit and revolutionary is told in this exciting action drama. The film opens as young Pancho Villa (Phillip Cooper) watches his father whipped to death by a soldier for some minor offense. Soon afterward, the boy murders the soldier and takes to the hills
where he grows into adulthood and gathers a band of followers who join him in pillaging the homes of the rich and giving part of the proceeds to the poor. On one of these raids, Villa (played as an adult by Wallace Beery) meets an American reporter (Stuart Erwin), and the two become close friends.
Later he meets a wealthy landowner (Donald Cook) and his sister (Fay Wray), who are s...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
115 mins