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The Gaucho (1927)
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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Action, Adventure
Written By:Douglas Fairbanks
In Theaters:11/21/1927
Box Office:
Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:United Artists, Elton Corporation
Cast
F. Richard Jones
Director
Douglas Fairbanks
The Gaucho
Lupe Vélez
The Mountain Girl
Eve Southern
The Girl of the Shrine
Gustav von Seyffertitz
The Usurper Ruiz
Michael Vavitch
The Usurper's First Lieutenant
Nigel De Brulier
The Padre
Mary Pickford
The Virgin Mary
Albert MacQuarrie
Black Doom Victim
Fred DeSilva
Chris-Pin Martin
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