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.
Antonio Banderas
as Pancho Villa
Eion Bailey
as Frank Thayer
Alan Arkin
as Sam Drebben
Jim Broadbent
as Harry Aitken
Matt Day
as John Reed
Michael McKean
as William Christy Cabanne
Kyle Chandler
as Raoul Walsh
Alexa Davalos
as Teddy Sampson
Colm Feore
as D. W. Griffith
Anthony Stewart Head
as William Benton
Saul Rubinek
as Eli Morton
Lilia Zelinna
as Rosita
