Viva Villa!
“...TOO BIG FOR HOLLYWOOD...it was dramatized in the heart of Mexico, with a cast of thousands!”
1934 · 1 h 55 min
Directed by 
Jack Conway
Jack ConwayCast
Wallace Beery 
Fay Wray Leo Carrillo 
Donald Cook Stuart Erwin 
Henry B. Walthall
Credits
Written by: 
Ben Hecht
Plot
A romanticised biography of the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, from a peasant who becomes a bandit and general, to his death, in a big, rowdy Hollywood epic with Wallace Beery.
Sinekatalog’s take
A big, rowdy and romanticised Hollywood epic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (1,774 votes)
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