And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
Action / Biography / Drama / History / War / Western

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
Action / Biography / Drama / History / War / Western
Plot summary
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.
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Top cast
Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa
Saul Rubinek as Eli Morton
Michael McKean as William Christy Cabanne
Jim Broadbent as Harry Aitken