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Viva Villa!

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

Western1h 55m

🍅60%

🍅

60%

Tomatometer

🍿

45%

Popcornmeter

6.2

TMDB

Storyline

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

Trailers

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Official Trailer

Details

DirectorJack Conway

ReleasedApr 27, 1934

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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

Phillip Cooper

Pancho Villa as a Boy

David Durand

David Durand

Bugle Boy

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

Pancho Villa's Father

Reviews

8 reviews · 6 critics · 1 fan

4 fresh · 3 rotten

V

Variety Staff

RTVarietyFeb 23, 2012

It's a big, impressive production which sets out to make Wallace Beery's Pancho Villa appear as a somewhat sympathetic and quasi-patriotic bandit. But Beery's characterization... lets Pancho down too much.

D

D.F. Taylor

RTCinema QuarterlyFeb 3, 2021

The whole film fails as a social document; revolutionary ideals become purposeless when there are no causes.

M

Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

RTEsquire MagazineApr 17, 2020

As it is, we have a relentless piece of entertainment.

A

Ann Ross

RTMaclean's MagazineJul 22, 2019

This picture is noisy, violent and occasionally brutal. It is also spectacular, authoritative and intensely interesting. Wallace Beery as Pancho Villa has never been better. A picture for the hardier-minded.

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Information

Title

Viva Villa!

Released

Apr 27, 1934

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 55m

Status

Released

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Mackenna's Gold