Villa Rides Page #6

Synopsis: Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté.
Genre: War, Western
Director(s): Buzz Kulik
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.5
R
Year:
1968
125 min
171 Views


IT WAS IN A LITTLE SHOP

RIGHT CATTY-CORNER

FROM THE HOTEL,

OF ALL PLACES.

OH, IT'S MARVELOUS.

T,

IT'S PITCH-BLACK VELVE

YARDS AND YARDS OF IT,

AND THE BODICE IS ALL

STUDDED WITH GARNETS,

AND, OH, I JUST LOVE IT.

IT FEELS SO...

SO SENSUOUS.

DON'T YOU

JUST LOVE VELVET?

VERY MUCH.

OF COURSE,

IT WAS OUTRAGEOUSLY

EXPENSIVE,

BUT I JUS HAD TO BUY IT. ANYWAY,

DADDY SAYS THERE'S GON

NA BE A WAR IN EUROPE SOON,

AND THE PRICE OF BEEF

WILL GO UP,

AND SO WE'LL

BE VERY RICH.

HEY, DARLIN'...

THOSE MEN,

THEY'RE ANNOYING ME.

HMM?

OVER THERE.

LEE, DARLIN',

TURN AROUND.

YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY

YOU KNOW THOSE PEOPLE?

DO YOU KNOW:

MR. ARNOLD?

OH, UH,

VERY WELL.

UH, ONE MOMENT,

PLEASE.

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY

TO BOTHER YOU, MR. ARNOLD,

BUT THOSE MEN--

IT'S ALL RIGH , EUGENE.

YES, SIR.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA INVI E THEM TOTHISTABLE.

HELLO, CHIEF.

Urbina:

HELLO, GRINGO.

HOW ARE YA?

GOOD.

WE'VE MISSED YOU.

YOU IN TOWN:

FOR LONG?

I DON'T THINK SO.

WE'RE GETTING READY

TO GO HOME NOW.

WE'D LIKE YOU

TO COME WITH US.

AND DO WHAT?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

"DO WHAT"?

TAKE IT.

GET RID OF HUERTA.

YOU SEE, WE THOUGHT...

WITH OUR MONEY THAT YOU'VE

BEEN KEEPING FOR US,

WE WILL BUY GUNS.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE,

CHIEF.

WAIT A MINUTE.

IT'S ALL OVER.

CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?

THE REVOLUTION:

IS FINISHED.

YOU GAVE I YOUR BEST SHOT, CHIEF,

BUT AFTER ALL, HUERTA'

S SITTING IN THAT PALACE,

AND MADERO IS DEAD,

AND THERE'S NO WAY

IN THE WORLD:

YOU THREE ARE GONNA

CHANGE THAT. NO WAY.

WE WOULD LIKE OUR MONEY,

GRINGO.

[SHOUTING] I WOULDN' GIVE YOU A D--

I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU

A DIME.

WHAT FOR?

TO GO DOWN THERE AND SHOO UP A LOT OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE

JUST SO SOME OTHER DICTATOR

CAN CALL HIMSELF PRESIDENT?

MADERO WAS NO DICTATOR.

PANCHO...

DON'T ARGUE

WITH HIM.

SHOOT HIM,

AND LET'S GO.

NO.

NO. WE DON' DO THAT ANYMORE.

WELL...

GOOD-BYE, GRINGO.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE,

CHIEF.

WHAT ARE YOU:

GOING TO DO?

FIRST...

TAKE MEXICO CITY,

THEN FIND:

ANOTHER MADERO.

WELL,

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I HAVE NEVER

BEEN SO HUMILIATED

IN ALL MY LIFE.

TO LEAVE ME HERE,

SITTING ALONE,

AND IN FRON OF ALL EL PASO.

MARSHA, DO ME A FAVOR,

WILL YA?

JUST SHUT UP.

[GASPS]

MAY I HAVE THE CHECK,

PLEASE?

I'D LIKE TO WRITE YOU

A RECEIPT, UH...

MR. ELLMORE.

HOW MUCH:

FOR THE HORSES?

UH...YOU GO AHEAD

AND BE MY GUESTS.

GET ON THOSE HORSES AND GO.

NO. WE PAY.

WHEN I GE TO MEXICO CITY,

I'LL SEND YOU

THE MONEY.

HOW MUCH?

WELL, IF THAT'S THE WAY

YOU FEEL ABOUT IT,

HOW ABOUT $35 FOR ALL

OF 'EM, EVERYTHING,

THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE?

NOT ENOUGH.

35 EACH.

YOU'LL BE HEARING

FROM ME.

PANCHO VILLA.

[WHISTLING A TUNE]

[AIRPLANE APPROACHES]

HA HA!

YEE HA!

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Robert Towne

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. His most notable work was his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest movie screenplays ever written. He also wrote its sequel The Two Jakes in 1990, and wrote the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973), and Shampoo (1975), as well as the first two Mission Impossible films (1996, 2000). more…

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