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Viva Villa!

Viva Villa!

...TOO BIG FOR HOLLYWOOD...it was dramatized in the heart of Mexico, with a cast of thousands!

19346.21h 55m

Overview

In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.

Directed by Jack Conway
Written by Ben Hecht, Edgecumb Pinchon, O. B. Stade
Produced by David O. Selznick
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Top Cast

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Pancho Villa

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Sierra

Fay Wray

Fay Wray

Teresa

Donald Cook

Donald Cook

Don Felipe de Castillo

Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

Jonny Sykes

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

Francisco Madero

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph Schildkraut

Gen. Pascal

Katherine DeMille

Katherine DeMille

Rosita Morales

George E. Stone

George E. Stone

Emilio Chavito

P

Phillip Cooper

Pancho Villa as a Boy

Themes & Keywords

biographypre-codepancho villa

About Viva Villa!

Viva Villa! is a western film released in 1934 exploring themes of biography, pre-code, pancho villa. Directed by Jack Conway, it stars Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray. In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.

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