A soldier in the US Army deserts while in Northern Mexico searching for the revolutionary Pancho Villa. He falls in love with a woman, and is intrigued by her stories of lost silver, in the end she must choose between him, and her home.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,000

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.

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.