The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- F. Richard JonesDirector
- Douglas FairbanksWriter
- Arthur KayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Douglas FairbanksThe Gaucho
- Lupe VélezThe Mountain Girl
- Eve SouthernThe Girl of the Shrine
- Gustav von SeyffertitzThe Usurper Ruiz
- Michael VavitchThe Usurper's First Lieutenant
- Nigel De BrulierThe Padre
- Mary PickfordThe Virgin Mary
- Albert MacQuarrieBlack Doom Victim
- Fred DeSilvaCast
- Chris-Pin MartinCast
Stills
Themes
miracleargentinareligionsilent filmswashbucklerhealing powerandes mountains