1972 · revolution · savalas · martin
Pancho Villa
Directed by Eugenio Martín1h 32m1972
In 1916, during the Mexican Revolution, General Pancho Villa manages to escape from the clutches of General Goyo, his greatest enemy, only to face an even greater problem when he meets McDermott, a mysterious adventurer who promises to get him weapons and ammunition for his troops.
Our read: Pancho Villa (1972) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded revolution · savalas · martin entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured revolution / savalas, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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