Villa Rides (1968) on Netflix
Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold lands his failing biplane in Mexico, where a family shelters him and Pancho Villa's revolution draws him in. Villa's right-hand man Fierro torments him.
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Plot summary
Arnold flies his own biplane and sells guns; mechanical trouble forces him down in Mexico. A local family shelters him and repairs the aircraft, and he takes an interest in their daughter, Fina. He hears the Mexican army call Pancho Villa an outlaw and the peasants call him a hero. Villa and his men arrive, and Villa learns that Arnold has been running guns to the soldiers, so he has him whipped and placed with the Colorados, the junior soldiers. Fierro, Villa's right-hand man, torments Arnold.
Cast
- Andrés Monrealas Captain Herrera
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Villa Rides (1968)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Sam Peckinpah wrote the original script for Villa Rides and was set to direct, but Yul Brynner disliked Peckinpah's harsh depiction of Pancho Villa and had Robert Towne rewrite the script, with Buzz Kulik brought on to direct.
- Robert Towne said he rewrote the Villa Rides script as a favor for Robert Evans, the head of Paramount, and hated the experience.
- The film marked the first of many appearances by Jill Ireland in films with her future husband, Charles Bronson; her part in Villa Rides is brief.
