Rain for a Dusty Summer

Rain for a Dusty Summer, originally known as Miguel Pro and released on DVD as Guns of the Revolution, is a 1971 Mexican revolution film. Shot on location in Spain, it depicts the life and death of Mexican priest Miguel Pro during the Cristero War. The lead role was played by Humberto Almazán, an actor who left the industry to become a priest and returned to acting for this film. The movie was the final feature film of director Arthur Lubin.

Plot
In 1917 Mexico, the new government has commenced a war against the Church. Priests are rounded up and executed, churches burned down and religion outlawed. A carefree happy priest has to go on the run but returns to his nation to perform his priestly duties.

Cast

 * Humberto Almazán as Miguel Pro (as Padre Humberto)
 * Ernest Borgnine as The General
 * Sancho Gracia as	Humberto Pro
 * Aldo Sambrell as 	Col. Marinos
 * Harry Harris 	as Joe Weiler
 * Nela Conjiu as Señora Pro
 * Carlos Casaravilla as Capt. Larrea
 * Vicente Sangiovanni as Luis Vilches
 * Maida Severn as Señora Altera
 * Gemma Cuervo as Loreto
 * Marta Flores as Margarita
 * Tina Sáinz as Ana Pro
 * Asunción Vitoria as Nita
 * Florencio Calpe as the Rector
 * Martín Porras as Roberto Pro
 * Gustavo Re as a Prison Official
 * Moisés Augusto Rocha as a Witness
 * Ángel Álvarez as The Bishop

Reception
Diabolique magazine later wrote "this is sometimes called a spaghetti Western, but it isn’t really… It’s more a priest-on-the-run story, where a guitar-playing man of the cloth tries to escape army prosecution during the 1917 Mexican Revolution. This film’s a hard slog, badly dubbed and veers wildly in tone (one minute the priest is in drag, the next he’s being executed by firing squad). It’s very pro-Catholic, as if Lubin was trying to make amends to the Legion of Decency for To the People of the United States by making a bad Leo McCarey movie."