Villa Rides

Villa Rides
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Buzz Kulik
Produced by	Ted Richmond
Written by	Story: William Douglas Lansford Screenplay Robert Towne Sam Peckinpah
Starring	Yul Brynner Robert Mitchum Charles Bronson
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Cinematography	Jack Hildyard
Editing by	David Bretherton
Release date(s)	May 29, 1968
Running time	125 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Villa Rides is a 1968 film starring Yul Brynner in toupee in the title role and Robert Mitchum as an American adventurer and pilot of fortune. The supporting cast includes Charles Bronson as Fierro, Herbert Lom as Huerta, and Alexander Knox as Madero. Sam Peckinpah wrote the original script and was set to direct but Brynner didn't like his depiction of Villa as cruel and had Robert Towne rewrite the script and sought another director. The screenplay is based on the biography by William Douglas Lansford.

Mitchum's character may have derived his first name from actor Lee Tracy, who had been cast in the primary supporting role for Viva Villa in 1934 but lost the role and derailed his career for decades by drunkenly urinating off a balcony into a crowd of Mexicans below.

In the original posters for the film, Brynner's name is billed first but Mitchum's image is somewhat larger.

Cast

• Yul Brynner as Pancho Villa
• Robert Mitchum as Lee Arnold
• Maria Grazia Buccella as Fina (billed as Grazia Buccella)
• Charles Bronson as Rodolfo Fierro
• Herbert Lom as Gen. Victoriano Huerta
• Robert Viharo as Urbina
• Frank Wolff as Ramirez
• Alexander Knox as President Francisco Madero
• Diana Lorys as Emilita
• Bob Carricart as Don Luis
• Fernando Rey as Fuentes
• José María Prada as Major
• Antoñito Ruiz as Juan
• Jill Ireland as Girl in restaurant
• Regina de Julián as Lupita

External links

• Villa Rides in the Internet Movie Database
• William Douglas Lansford (writer of the film's story)