Viva Villa! is an American film directed by Jack Conway , released in 1934 .
Synopsis
Biography of the young Pancho Villa .
Technical sheet
- Title: Viva Villa!
- Director: Jack Conway , Howard Hawks (uncredited)
- Scenario: Ben Hecht based on Edgecumb Pinchon and OB Stade
- Assistant Directors: John Waters , Richard Rosson and Arthur Rosson (uncredited)
- Production: David O. Selznick
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Photograph: Charles G. Clarke , James Wong Howe and Clyde De Vinna (uncredited)
- Editing: Robert Kern
- Country of origin: United States
- Format: Black and White – 35mm – 1.37: 1 – Sound: Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
- Genre: Western
- Duration: 115 minutes
- Release date: 1934
- Release dates: United States : ( New York ),(national exit); France :
Distribution
- Wallace Beery : Pancho Villa
- Leo Carrillo : Sierra
- Fay Wray : Teresa
- Donald Cook : Don Felipe de Castillo
- Stuart Erwin : Jonny Sykes
- Henry B. Walthall : Francisco Madero
- Joseph Schildkraut : General Pascal
- Katherine DeMille : Rosita Morales
- George E. Stone : Emilio Chavito
- Phillip Cooper : Pancho Villa Young
- David Durand : Bugle boy
- Frank Puglia : Father of Pancho Villa
- Ralph Bushman : Wallace Calloway
- Adrian Rosley : Alphonso Mendoza
- Henry Armetta : Alfredo Mendosa
- George Regas : Don Rodrigo
And, among the uncredited actors:
- Mischa Auer : a military attaché
- Steve Clemente : a subordinate of General Pascal
- John Davidson : General Lopez
Distinctions
- Award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for Wallace Beery
- Oscar for Best Assistant Director for John S. Waters .