Talk:Bandido (1956 film)

Movie as a Whole, a must-see
Although not an award-winner; the excellent photography of the on-location scenes of Mexico's desert, mountains, waterfalls, jungles, and beach; in  wide-screen cinemascope and Technicolor;   make this exciting Saturday-afternoon  adventure fare a   delight to the  senses. Mitchum's usual wry wit and cool hand are some of his best.

EDIT: This should be on VHS or DVD as all who love adventure should see it. It is rarely on TV. I have just learned some ex-revolutionaries, and, ex-federal soldiers, were hired as extras in this movie. Google "Bandido". To make it even more authentic, actual revolutionary battle scenes were often used. The cinematography and enjoyability far surpass most "Zapata " westerns.68.231.189.108 (talk) 18:15, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Glitches
Gringoes would have been Very Unwelcome in 1916 Mexico. As early as 1915, Pancho Villa killed 20 ASARCO mining engineers. He raided Columbus, NM, in March 1916, and was then pursued by US troops.

"El Alacran" was a nickname of Pancho Villa, also.

The machine guns seen are U.S. Browning Models of 1917--unavailable until then. They also took .30-'06 ammunition; not as prevalent in Mexico as 80% of the arms and ammunition were German. The gun was also unavailable on the consumer market until after the war (1918).

Mitchum is using M1 grenades, again not available until 1917.68.231.184.217 (talk) 14:56, 27 May 2011 (UTC)