Wednesday, April 3, 2013

The Return of Pancho Villa

Io sono il capataz – Italian title
Ritorno il cpataz – Italian title
Le retour de Pancho Villa – French title
The Return of Pancho Villa – English title

A 1950 Italian production [Jolly Film (Rome)]
Producer: Arrigo Colombo
Director: Giorgio Simonelli
Story: Cesare Rivelli
Screenplay: Adriano Bolzoni, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz
Cinematography: Tonino Delli Colli (Antonio Delli Colli) [black & white]
Music: Armando Fragna, Felice Montagnini
Running time: 102 minutes

Cast:
Uguccione/Rascelito Villa – Renato Rascel (Renato Ranucci)
Rosa de Fuego – Silvanna Pampanini
Guard – Virgilio Riento (Virgilio Armiento)
Moira – Marilyn Buferd
Erasmo – Luigi Pavese
Puchero – Vittorio Duse
Gonzales – Nino Crisman (Ettore Krisman)
Hurtado – Mario Pisu
Il Sarto Francese – Bruno Corelli
Creole dancer – Vickie Henderson
White dancer – Kiki Urbani (Leonilde Urbani)
Dancer – Claude Marchant
Secretary – Sophia Scicolone (Sofia Scicolone)
With: Adriano Ambrogi, Oscar Andriani, Dale Arden, Giulio Battiferri, Rina Dei, Carlo Piane,
Angelo Dessy (Angelo Desideri), Giulio Donnini, Riccardo Foti, Armando Furlai, Franco Jamonte, Guglielmo Leoncini, Arnaldo Mochetti, Guido Morisi, Corrado Nardi, Giovanni Onorato, Amalia Pellegrini, Franco Pesce, Giovanni Petrucci, Maria Piazzai, Bruno Smith, Alberto Sorrentino, Attilio Torelli, Mario Volpicelli


Uguccione is picked to replace Pascelito (Pancho) Villa and he unwillingly becomes the dictator of Mexico. Soon after his subordinates begin to turn against him and in a reversal of roles, the poor Ugoccione succeeds in putting into place everything that brings peace back to the nation.

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