Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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.
- mexico
- mexican revolution
- biography
- pancho villa
The bill
- Matt Day — John Reed
- Michael McKean — William Christy Cabanne
- Kyle Chandler — Raoul Walsh
- Alexa Davalos — Teddy Sampson
- Colm Feore — D. W. Griffith
- Anthony Stewart Head — William Benton
- Saul Rubinek — Eli Morton
- Lilia Zelinna — Rosita
- Damián Alcázar
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
- Directed
- Bruce Beresford
- Written
- Larry Gelbart
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 103 ratings
- Studio
- HBO Films, Green Moon Productions
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