The Gaucho

The Gaucho (1927)

INTENSELY DRAMATIC STUPENDOUS THRILLS

A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho, the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.

Date of release
1927-11-21
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Action, Adventure
Director
F. Richard Jones

Casting

Interesting facts

The Gaucho is a 1927 American silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez that is set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F. Richard Jones with a running time of 115 minutes.

Production

For the scene where Mary Pickford appears as the Virgin Mary, there was footage shot with Technicolor process no. 2, but it was ultimately decided to not include them in the final film.

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