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Viva Villa! is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book Viva Villa! by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade.
Viva Villa!: Directed by Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, William A. Wellman. With Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray, Donald Cook. After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.
- (1.6K)
- Biography, Western
- Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, William A. Wellman
- 1934-04-27
Arguably the only good movie to ever contain an exclamation point in its title, director Jack Conway's Viva Villa! is an exciting MGM biopic based on the life of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, and was one of the major box-office successes of 1934, but, truth be told, Conway didn't really ...
- Jack Conway
- Wallace Beery
Directed by Jack Conway. …TOO BIG FOR HOLLYWOOD…it was dramatized in the heart of Mexico, with a cast of thousands! In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father’s death. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- (709)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Jack Conway
Apr 10, 2023 · Synopsis by Hal Erickson. A far from factual filmed biography of Mexican patriot Pancho Villa, Viva Villa! was written by lengendary screenwriter Ben Hecht. We first meet the young Villa when his father is beaten to death after protesting Diaz' seizure of the Mexican peons' land.
Viva Villa! is a 1934 American western movie directed by Jack Conway and Howard Hawks and was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade. It stars Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray, Donald Cook, Stuart Erwin, Ralph Bushman and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was nominated for 4 Oscars and won an ...
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After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.
