Movie Cosmos - Pancho Villa

Description:

In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches of General Goyo, his greatest enemy, only to face an even greater problem when he meets McDermott, a mysterious adventurer who promises to get him weapons and ammunition for his troops.

Top Cast >

Telly Savalas

As Pancho Villa

Clint Walker

As Scotty

José María Prada

As Luis

Ángel del Pozo

As Lieutenant Eager

Anne Francis

As Flo

Luis Dávila

As McDermott

Alberto Dalbés

As Captain Mendoza

Antonio Casas

As General Goyo

Mónica Randall

As Lupe

Barta Barri

As Alfonso

Chuck Connors

As Colonel Wilcox

Eduardo Calvo

As Banker

Adolfo Thous

As Flores

Fernando Sánchez Polack

As Manuel

Lola Gaos

As Old Woman

Antonio Ross

As Photographer

Goyo Lebrero

As Barber

Luis Rivera

As Chauffeur

Alberto Fernández

As Priest

Luis Marín

As Villa's Follower #1

Antonio Rebollo

As Villa's Follower #2

Fernando Hilbeck

As Ramón

Walter Coy

As General Pershing

Lucy Tiller

As Woman

Inés Oviedo

As Soldadera

Dan van Husen

As Bart

Ben Tatar

As Bates

Bob Hevelone

As Evans

Art Larkin

As Sgt. White

Gene Collins

As Popowski

Dennis Vaughan

As Capt. Mettle

Hal Fletcher

As Major James

Lorraine Clewes

As Clara

Marjorie Neville

As Eudora

Nancy Baytos

As Amanda

Ralph Neville

As Gen. Jenkins

Bud Strait

As Station Master

Carl Rapp

As Doctor

Felipe Solano

As Angel

Gerardo Navarro

As Mexican Diplomat

Lone Fleming

As Nurse

Antonio Montoya

As Pancho Villa's Man (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Eugenio Martín

Director

Reviews:

John Chard (4/10)

Paella and Custard!

Pancho Villa is directed by Eugenio Martín and he co-writes the screenplay with Julian Zimet. It stars Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors and Anne Francis. Music is by Antón García Abril and cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa.

Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa sets about raiding a US Army weapons depot in Columbus, New Mexico.

Well what does one make of this oddity? Pitched somewhere between surreal action and farce comedy, this is a hard film to recommend to even the hardiest fans of the cast members. Beginning with the miscasting of the lead players, pic rumbles on in a stop start fashion that sees director Martín follow a period of dialogue exchanges - in less than convincing fashion - with a burst of action that's mostly tidy when it involves locomotives!

You will not be receiving a history lesson here, or a cinematic art form one either, but a modicum of entertainment value can be garnered if you go in expecting an uneven duffer starring actors you like - or conversely you be flushed with some alcoholic amber nectar! 4/10

2019-09-28