Original subtitles

Ready!

¡Viva México!

Fire!

Finish me. Finish me, cowards!

Finish me!

Mexico. A million dead.

This was the agony of the Mexican Revolution.

This was the tragedy of a country swarming with frantic soldiers...

and a disorganized mass of poorly armed peons.

Oh, no. Oh, no. Get in line. Get in line. Where are you going?

Get in line like the rest of us. Come on.

- All right. Where do you want to go? - No farther than the end of the line.

- You're going to Durango? - That's right. A ticket to Durango.

Señor, señor, are you from the United States?

- ¿Señor? You like México? - No. Not very much.

Up ahead! up ahead! Wake up!

Up ahead! Up ahead!

A man on the track!

Stop! There's somebody on the tracks!

Why did we stop? I don't know.

Mr. Engineer? Something wrong?

- There's a man on the track up ahead. - A man?

Who is it? What's he doing there?

He's tied to a post!

No, it's a cross! Looks like an officer.

An officer? Is he alive?

I think so. Yes! He's alive!

Soldiers! Time to be on the alert!

You men up front, on the locomotive! Go free that officer!

An army captain, I think.

What is it?

¡Madre de Dios!

Women and children, take cover!

Back on the train! Move! Move!

Hijo, come down! Get down here!

¡Madre de Dios!

Where is Rosario? Rosario!

Mama, I'm here!

Lieutenant! Why are we stopped here, sir?

There's a man tied to a cross on the tracks!

Mr. Engineer!

You may go ahead! Go closer!

- But be careful! - Yes, Lieutenant.

Go ahead! Keep going! There's cover up ahead!

- Keep going! - I can't! I can't!

Sergeant Raul! Send two scouts up ahead!

¡Sí, señor! Machado and Gómez!

There's some up there!

Open fire at 'em! Go ahead! Go ahead!

Fire! Fire!

Pablo!

You will die, Pablo!

Pablo! Pablo!

- No! - Garcia! Stop! You're crazy!

- Stop! Come back, Garcia! - Pablo!

Lieutenant! We can never hold out here!

Captain! I am Lieutenant Alvaro Ferreira!

Third Battalion Regulars!

Will you give me orders? I don't know what to do!

I am Captain Enrique Sanchez Campoy, Second Light Cavalry.

Give me orders, Captain! Decide what is to be done!

That you'll have to do yourself. You give the order.

- Captain! - Oh, please, go on.

Sergeant! Sergeant Raul!

He got killed just ten minutes ago!

Officer! You'll be all right!

We got a nice little deal to make!

You leave me all your guns and ammunition, and I'll let you go back home!

What do you think of that, Officer?

What to do?

They're revolutionaries? They're filthy bandit sons of whores!

Yeah? What do they want? Our hides, that's what they want.

Captain! Give me orders!

You dare to ask me? What kind of officer are you?

Lieutenant, you're nothing but a coward!

You know what has to be done! Do it!

I know what my responsibilities are, Captain!

But I don't want you to die!

The life of one man is worth less than that of 60!

All right, then.

Swine.

Bandits.

Muchachos, the officer is for me.

Engineer!

Engineer! Go ahead, Engineer.

Let's get it over with.

Madre. They don't even respect officers.

Mathias! Go stop the train! Mathias! Stop the train!

- ¡Sí, Chuncho! - Hurry up! ¡Vamos!

¡Vamos, Pepito! ¡Vamos, bandidos!

¡Ándale! ¡Sí! ¡Ándale, ándale!

The horses!

¡Vamos! ¡Vamos, muchachos!

Let's go!

Señor! Go back, señor. Nobody's allowed up here.

They killed Mathias!

Beasts!

Look, the train stopped anyway.

¡Vamos! ¡Vamos!

Hey!

We fight for God, hallelujah! And the people!

We fight for God and the people of Mexico!

Niño, was it you who stopped the train?

Yeah.

And you killed the train man and the soldier.

Yeah. I found me a gun.

Whoo!

With handcuffs on.

You think I would believe that?

That you could shoot two men with handcuffs on?

Very good, niño.

Like this.

Ooh, pretty good, little niño.

But why? What did you do it for?

Well, I was being taken to the U.S. border.

- El Paso? - Yeah.

Why?

There's a price on my head there.

How many dollars is it? What do they think you're worth?

Less than a train.

You're smart, niño. You paid me with the train.

Bueno, niño, you put your hands up.

Put your hands up! ¡Levanta las manos!

¡Arriba!

Niño, now we're even.

Go back to your mother.

Muchachos, leave the civilians alone!

All we want is guns! Only guns and bullets, muchachos!

¡Viva México!

Any machine guns? No. Only rifles.

Where the hell did they put that machine gun? Those pigs!

Vicente! The gold machine gun!

Who are you?

A man of religion.

Why are you among these bandits?

Between two bandits, Jesus died on the cross!

God is for the poor and oppressed! He is the light of the world!

Stop that, Pepito! Have some respect for the dead!

Go to hell. I told you to stop it!

Hey!

Wait! Pistol--

Oh! He cut me.

Help! Pedro, help me!

They're bringing men again!

He'll kill them all.

Get on your knees!

Manuel! Right away, get the mules! Load the guns on the mules!

Oh, they killed Hernán! They killed Hernán!

Hurry up, muchachos!

Hurry up!

Who is that one? The gringo who made the train stop.

He's only a boy.

Look. Do you want it? Adelita, I took it for you.

Where are you going, niño?

- Goin' with you. - Hey, you hear that, muchachos?

The kid wants to come with us.

Why?

I don't want to be caught again.

Hmm.

They put a price on my head, remember? I told you.

Back there. Oh, sí

Mister, you need some new men after the number you lost today.

Guapo, what do you think of the little niño?

He got guts. Why not? Huh?

- I say why not? - Bueno.

Stole the damn train, didn't he? And put a bullet in two guys.

Two corpses, two bullets. Bueno.

- Picaro? - I say all right. Better get moving.

- Pepito? - I don't think so, because I don't like him.

You really don't like him because he's a gringo.

No. Just something about him.

He's in love with her. He don't count.

- Santo? - He helped us, so we have to help him.

That's right.

Any man that would come with us must be for the revolution.

I bet he is. Eh, niño, you like the revolution?

If it wasn't for the revolution, wouldn't I be still in the hands of the police?

Verdad. Verdad.

That's true. That's true!

The revolution!

Muchachos, muchachos, we've got a new compañero!

A new compañero!

Oh, madre mía. Madre mía.

I can't--

I can't stand it anymore. Courage.

Courage. Courage. Oh, I can't.

We can't stop now, Emiliano. Courage.

- Hey! Chuncho! - Huh?

Sixty guns. Bueno.

Thirty pesos each. How much will that make?

Uh, 60 times 30 is... a lot.

1,800 pesos.

1,800. Muchas gracias, señor.

There's 15 of us. How much for each?

- One more with the gringo. - Emiliano won't last long.

Oye, then one more less. How much?

120 pesos.

120. It's easy. Bueno.

Pretty good, niño. You made 120 pesos. Good, huh?

It's not much. Oh, I know.

But if we got machine guns-- machine guns-- then you get lots of money.

Mucho dinero. Whats the matter, niño?

Nothin'. I just thought you were revolutionaries.

Hey, come on. Who do you think we sell the guns to? The revolutionaries.

To General Elías?

You mean, our great general is known?

He's even known in the United States?

Thank you, niño. Look.

Here is General Elías.

He gave me my medal. I fought with him.

My brother says that God sent him to us.

Hey, Picaro! Sing us a song! Sing us a song! For Emiliano, who is dying!

Don't feel like it.

Give you five pesos. Go ahead!

¡Vamos, muchachos!

Everybody sing! Sing, muchachos!

Adelita!

Forgive us, O Lord. Forgive us.

Forgive us for what we have done.

For also, today, we have killed and maimed.

We have killed so many of our countrymen. Amen.

Amen.

Lord, I pray for the souls of the poor and oppressed.

Of all the suffering creatures.

Bring the suffering creatures to our Lord.

Is he mad?

He's my brother.

He is, huh? You sure don't look much like him.

Hmm. We got the same mother but a different father.

That happens.

He's better than all of us.

Peace will come with the reign of the Lord.

- And he is not crazy. - Hallelujah.

He don't know... that I sell the guns we get.

He don't know.

He thinks that we give them as a gift...

to the great revolution.

Where are we bringing 'em?

The guns? To the general. In the Sierra.

About how far?

Oh, I don't know.

In the hills, in the Sierra.

That way?

Sí, sí. But first, we got to get more guns.

More guns.

Come. No.

Why not?

Why don't you just go to sleep?

Emiliano?

Sí. Dead.

It gets cold at night... if you're all alone.

Niño.

I think she likes you, Adelita.

But watch out for Pepito.

Night.

You don't smoke. You don't drink.

You don't notice a pretty girl.

What the hell do you like, niño?

Money.

Will you get me the captain? Guard.

The captain's busy. Why do you want to see the captain, gringo?

He's gonna take custody of these two outlaws.

- What did they do? - They attacked the train I was on.

Oh.

Bandits or rebels?

What's the difference?

None, no difference at all.

Well, well, well, well, well, well, well.

- You must be the one with the drums, huh? - Sí.

It's the government flag.

Pig!

Guards!

Inside. Go on! Come on!

¡Vamos! Get inside.

You come too.

Go on! Move!

One, two. One, two. One, two. One, two. One, two.

Inside. Go get the captain.

What kind of gringo are you? English?

American.

Americans, Americans. Americans, where they should have the heart, they have ice.

Hmm.

Who gave you the medal? Your general?

For all the soldiers you killed, eh?

Well, now it's going to be our turn.

We kill him today,

or we gonna kill him mañana?

We kill him today,

or we kill him mañana.

Wait, those are my whiskers you pulled. Yeah.

And I'm gonna pull your whiskers some more.

- Oh, no! You're not going to do nothing!

Stop or I shoot. The captain!

Where is he? Where is this young American?

I am Captain Hernandez Montoya.

¡Vamos! ¡Vamos, muchachos!

Hurry up! Hurry up!

If you touch Adelita, I kill you.

Come on. Hurry up. Come on.

¡Rápido, rápido!

Hurry up!

¡Hombres! ¡Hombres!

Vamos. ¡Vamos!

Look out. More soldiers! Soldiers!

Soldiers! ¡Vamos! Come on. Let's go.

¡Viva México!

Open the gates! Here she comes!

Ohh. Vámonos. Help the señorita.

Fernando. Señor?

Put a bottle of champagne on ice. Sí, señor.

Welcome. Welcome, guapa! Finally!

Hello, muchachos, you're looking at señorita Dolores.

See you all later.

Hey, muchachos, careful with that.

She must be a new one for the officers. Hello, whore.

What are you, a virgin? No, no, whore. We're all the same.

Madre mía. Eh, guapa.

Up here. Hey, Dolores!

- The long wait is over! - Hey, Dolores!

- Come on, Dolores. - One moment, señores.

Hurry up, Dolores!

One...

two, three, four--

If you ask me, Juanita, I don't think the new one's so much.

The same thing happens every time.

Nothing like some champagne to start off right.

What's she doing? She's running!

Señorita! Señorita, over here!

Adelita, you all right? Yes, I'm all right.

I surrender! I surrender!

I surrender! I surrender!

I surren--

Get the guns.

Get the guns.

Any machine guns? No!

Aha!

Please, anything you want, señores just be gentle, yes?

Nice and gentle?

Any machine guns in here? Huh?

No, only whores. Oh, sorry.

It's all right.

What kind of lousy fort is this? They don't even have a machine gun!

Kill them all!

Ready, aim, fire.

Hey, big soldier. You're trembling like a leaf!

Ready, aim, fire. No!

Now for the officers.

- Water, water. - Water, water.

Water, for the love of God.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

What have I got to talk to you about?

Have an exchange of prisoners. No, I got things to do. I don't have time to talk.

This is no way to-- All right. Please stand over there.

Shut up.

No! No!

That would be too easy. I have a better way.

Come on. Move!

What do you want to do?

Get in!

The ladder!

Throw away the key.

You will die... very slowly.

Very slowly, you will die.

Maybe God will forgive you.

Come on, Santo. This is no time for preaching.

Come on. Let's get out of here! ¡Vamos, muchachos!

¡Vamos! ¡Vamos!

In the name of President Venustiano Carranza.

Stop! Stop!

Why do you give medals to criminals?

They kill children and women!

And terrorize the people!

And for the last time, they have preyed upon the people.

Let's exterminate all of them!

Now, die for Mexico. I curse you!

The brother is loco.

In the name of the Father!

Of the Son!

And of the Holy Ghost!

Amen!

Catch.

Come on!

Gringo! Get the wagon!

Hah! Hah!

¡Vamos, muchachos!

Chuncho! Chuncho!

The whole town of San Miguel has rebelled!

The peons have taken over! The soldiers?

They threw them out. iMuy bien! iMuy bien, muchachos!

By tonight, we're gonna be in San Miguel.

We'll drink a little. Girls!

Niño, what is it?

Maybe in San Miguel, you'll find yourself a pretty girl.

Come on, niño. We'll have a good time.

Come on. Vamos. iVamos!

First we deliver those arms over to the general. Then we go to San Miguel!

Let's go. You won't have to look for a girl in San Miguel.

- Better go first to San Miguel. - iVamos!

Because after the soldiers return, no fiesta for nobody.

Let's go! iVámonos!

iVamos, Pepito!

¡Vamos a San Miguel!

iViva Mexico!

They're coming! They're coming!

The bandidos!

iViva México!

San Miguel!

Chuncho!

Oh, Raimundo!

You old idiot! You ugly knot!

The great man of the High Sierra! How are you, my boy?

Wait a minute. What happened to your arm, Raimundo?

Battle of Riaz.

Fighting the revolution. After, General Elías said...

“Old fellow, go back to your house. You've done enough for the glorious revolution.”

And you?

Oh, you know. We, the muchachos, we fight the soldiers.

We rob guns from the soldiers for the revolution.

For our general. Muy bien.

General Elías needs guns.

Who is this? A gringo. He's all right.

Oh, our little niño. A compañero from the United States.

The United States gives money to the government.

But they give some to us too, don't they? At first.

Now they only help the government. Well--

Why's that? Why?

I, uh, I haven't talked much with the president lately.

With the president. I asked you a question.

I'm workin' with Chuncho. We find guns so the general can fight the government.

That's right.

Well, what are we doing?

You and me got a little drinking to do, ah?

No, wait.

But first we have to kill Don Felipe.

Don Felipe! Don Felipe! Who the hell is Don Felipe?

He owns these lands. Bueno, bueno, bueno.

iMuchachos! First we're gonna go and kill Don Felipe!

Yes! Kill Don Felipe! Let's go.

- Are they coming? - Sí.

My God.

Rosario, what are you thinking of? What are you going to do?

What you should be doing. No, no, darling.

You're just a coward. Please, try to understand. It's not a question of cowardice.

It-- Filthy coward.

Please, Rosario, please. Coward.

You don't understand these people the way I do.

If you were a man, you wouldn't be so ridiculous.

Oh, God. Oh, God.

Something's wrong with me.

Rafael.

It's not fear. It's not fear, believe me.

Rafael! Sí, señora.

It's my damn heart again. Rafael, please hurry.

Help me, Rafael. It's my heart again.

Easy. It's my heart again.

I can't catch my breath.

Easy.

We'll put you to bed. I'll talk to these people.

They all home? Sí, señor.

No. Champagne gives you diarrhea.

I'm thirsty. Well, drink something else.

- You get out of here. - You can drink red wine, hombre.

Looks good. Give me some.

Buenos días. Won't you make yourselves at home?

Please, sit down.

Gracias. Beatriz, Henriqueta-- more wine for the señores.

Eat, muchachos. Come, Adelita, eat.

Señora, where is Don Felipe?

You tell him to come a minute.

Señora. I want the cheese. Will you give it to me?

Here you are. Gracias.

Señora, we want to speak to your husband.

My husband's in bed. He's very ill.

You may speak to me. It's the same.

It's not the same, señora.

- Let's see. Raimundo, isn't it? - Sí.

Hmm. Is your family all right?

- Since when do you care about my family, señora?

All right. You're here for money, I suppose.

No?

- No. - Not money?

What's wrong with you? I always thought that was all you ever wanted. You kept begging for it.

That's true. We begged for it.

Your husband didn't want to give us any.

So he called in the soldiers with the green sombreros--

the Rurales, who nearly killed us all.

- No. He didn't call for them. - Sí, señora. Sí.

My husband has always been against bloodshed.

Believe me! My husband-- Is responsible for our dead.

Let's be realistic. Let's put aside the past.

Let's try to understand each other now. Let's try to be reasonable.

- Then you didn't come for money? - No.

- What do you really want? - The land.

Very well. My husband will see what he can arrange.

No, señora.

- Now the land is ours. - By what right?

- You see, señora. - Yes?

You see, these people... want to kill your husband.

Why?

Hmm. Why?

He's done nothing bad.

They must speak, not you.

Señora,

they're not used to speaking, because from the time they're little, they got to shut up.

Rosario, it's no use. Forget it.

Try it. It's good.

And so, Raimundo, just like that, you've decided to kill me.

Why? Is there a reason?

Is it because I-- I'm rich?

No, señor.

Because we are poor people. And you wanted us to stay poor people.

- And who is this? - He is my friend.

One of General Elías's best officers.

I see. Then perhaps you might be able to tell me why they want to kill me.

Hmm. Why do they want to kill you?

Felipe!

Felipe, what's going on?

I don't know what to tell you.

If enough people want you to die--

Hey, Guapo-- Yes, that's right.

Give me some cheese.

I want to ask you one last thing. Ask anything, except to live.

I don't want my mother to know your intentions.

And I insist that she and my wife leave here unmolested.

Hmm. What do you say, Raimundo?

Bueno.

All right.

Your word. My word.

Let's get it over with.

Rosario, forgive me if sometimes I was weak.

I've loved you so much.

Felipe.

What do all these people want? Nothing. I have to go with these people for a moment.

Tell me the truth. It is the truth.

Hmm. That's some gun. High-precision.

Niño, you like it?

Go ahead. It's yours. Filthy killers!

Filthy, senseless killers!

No. Stop.

Get out of here! Get out! Get out!

- I say get out of here! - Filthy killers!

I'll call the soldiers. I said get out!

I'll have you all hanged!

Get out! Go on! Filthy killers!

Gutless killers. Killers!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

You better get ready to leave, señora.

Señora, you really want to go?

That's not nice. Why won't you stay?

I'll be nice to you. You gave Don Felipe your word of honor.

So what if I did give him my word?

I'll go pack my things. Vamos, vamos. We're going to have ourselves a little fiesta.

No!

Come on! What are you wasting time for?

Leave her be! Why should they?

I was only 15 years old when somebody like Don Felipe raped me!

Why shouldn't she be given some of the same?

Why?

Only 15! Last time I heard it, she was 13!

I found it in there. You like it?

Come on. We put it on.

Hey, half-wit, I thought you wanted to become a rich man.

Shut up!

Time-wastin' big mouths like you never get rich.

Shut up! What do you know? The niño's worried about the señora.

We'll be very nice to her.

Can't you see you're making her sick with your stink?

Nobody's going to--

Chuncho. Why, Chuncho?

Why?

Chuncho!

What happened to Guapo?

But, why'd you have to do it?

Because...

Guapo was going to kill the niño.

And the niño... is my friend.

Guapo was your friend too.

Guapo.

Mmm, he's dead.

Don't worry about it.

What's goin' on outside? I wanted to tell you that Don Felipe has an automobile.

Come and see it. Automobile?

Very good. Come on.

Adios, Rafael.

Happy now?

Wait! Wait!

Let's go to San Miguel in the car.

Whoa!

¡Viva el Chuncho! ¡Viva México!

¡Viva Don Felipe! I'll kill Don Felipe.

Kill Don Felipe!

The time for justice has come!

Sound the horn!

¡Vamos, muchachos! ¡Viva Chuncho!

What's that thing? Gear shift.

What is it for? To shift gears.

Hmm.

Understand? Me? No.

A horse goes faster!

Slow down with the horse!

Don Felipe, what kind of a car is this goes slower than a horse?

Overloaded with people. Oh.

Understand? Sí.

Go on. Get off. Get off! Come on!

Get off. Get off. Everyone off. Get off!

That's better.

Oh, ooh!

¡El toro! ¡Toro! ¡El toro!

¡Toro! ¡Toro!

¡Toro! ¡Toro! Hey!

¡Toro! ¡El Toro!

Hello, muchachos!

¡Olé!

Viva the people of San Miguel!

Quiet down. Shh!

Quiet down!

I said shut up!

Now listen to this.

Now you are free! The people of San Miguel want a chief!

You gotta hold an election!

Uh, elect the mayor of San Miguel.

You! You!

You hear that? They want you. Me?

No. Go ahead.

Chuncho. Please, come on. Shut up.

Chuncho, please.

They want you. I'm not the mayor you want. Will you shut up?

Chuncho, please.

Come on.

¡Por favor! ¡Quieto! You have to do it.

No, not me.

Number one,

I wasn't born in San Miguel.

Number two, because I am a guerrilla, I have to fight.

And third,

because I don't know how to read.

Or how to write.

A mayor has to know how!

You, Raimundo. You know how to read and write. No, Chuncho.

Which one of you knows how to read and write?

Pedrito! Huh?

Pedrito. Pedrito.

No. Not me. Not me.

Por favor. Come here, Pedrito. Look out. Get out of his way.

I don't want to.

Why are they getting in his way? Come on.

Shh!

You can read and write, Pedrito? Sí, senor.

Well? Pretty well.

Is your father rich or poor? Poor. He's poor.

Then how come you know how to read and write?

Priest taught me.

Ah.

Are you for the revolution? Sí, señor, I'm for it.

Really for it? Yes. Really and truly.

He's really and truly for the revolution!

You might think the boy's a little young to be mayor.

But, the Mexican Revolution is a little young. Why not?

I am honored to present to you the brand-new mayor of San Miguel.

Come on. Music. Alegría.

¡Olé! ¡Toro! ¡Toro!

You're a good-lookin' girl, Adelita.

What do you mean, gringo?

Oh, I guess I just want to apologize for not having realized it sooner.

I wondered how long it would take you.

Until now, I thought you didn't like women.

But you do like women,

gringo

What are you waiting for?

Are you scared?

Of Pepito?

No.

Then who?

Don't want complications.

Oh. I see.

You strange man.

Why did you come to talk to me?

Wanted to bid you good-bye. I'm leaving.

But so are we. Sure.

But when? Tomorrow.

No.

Look at Chuncho. This hullabaloo over him's gone to his head.

He's beginning to enjoy this revolution.

Oh, yes. He'd rather stay here and listen to them cheer.

Chuncho's going to stay.

No, mister. Not for me.

Pepito feel that way too?

Oh, yes.

Where is that fool?

Pepito! Pepito!

What do you want, Adelita?

Come here! I want to talk to you!

And stop drinking like that!

Eh? I want you to help me.

I want you to pay attention.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life on a horse, waiting for money.

I want my share. So what?

I don't know what you're talking about. You don't know.

What did we come here for? Chuncho's singing? Santo's preaching?

When do we sell the guns? I want to get the money everybody promised me.

I want to go!

We'll get our money... when we get to the general.

We're not going anywhere. Ask the gringo.

Go ahead, gringo.

I was just telling Adelita...

that Chuncho's figurin' on staying right here.

Who told you?

Why don't you ask him? He's there.

Go on. What are you waiting for? Go and ask him.

Ask him!

When it's over,

maybe I'll take you to the States with me, okay?

You would?

To the United States?

Big joke.

Guapa.

You. You like Chuncho?

Does Chuncho like me?

Vamos. Vamos.

Chuncho.

Huh?

I wanna talk to you.

Mañana. No, now.

When are we leaving San Miguel?

When I say so. When I'm ready to go.

You understand?

Vamos. Sí, I'm coming. I'm coming.

I got to tell them everything!

¡El toro! ¡El toro! ¡El toro!

Twenty bullets. Twenty bullets. That's all?

That's all you'll need to kill 20 soldiers.

Look out.

Don't worry. I don't know how to shoot. Give it back. Give it back to me!

Come here!

We found a gold machine gun! A gold machine gun!

What?

That's right. We found a gold machine gun-- and with much ammunition.

You did? It's brand-new. Brand-new.

Where is it? I show you.

¡Vamos!

Where are you going, sweetheart?

Look. What a beauty.

Who knew something so beautiful could kill a thousand soldiers at the same time?

Ah! Oh!

I've wanted this more than any woman.

Yahoo!

We got a gold machine gun! For the revolution!

Let the soldiers try to come back now!

Everybody move.

Everybody work!

Brother! What a good surprise for the cavalry, hmm?

You used to say that even horses were creatures of God.

Yes. But not the soldiers' horses.

See anything new up there? No, Chuncho.

Stay awake, eh? Don't worry, General.

Okay!

What's going on? We were waitin' for you.

We're ready. To do what?

Take off.

Huh? You going with the gringo?

No. The gringo is coming with us.

You too, Chuncho. The party's over.

There's money waiting-- at the camp of General Elías.

The army will be here pretty soon, Chuncho.

- It's dumb to stay here. - But these people will be massacred by the soldiers.

What do you want? To get us massacred too? No, I'm not staying here.

But, we got all these guns and ammunition.

And the gold machine gun. We could do pretty good.

Why take chances? I'm not going to. No?

We could get even more guns from the soldiers, you know.

Is that nothing?

No. For me, we got enough. Sí, we got enough.

You got enough! You know what you are? You're all cowards!

It's better to be a live coward than to be a dead hero.

Amigo, a man who's a coward is better off dead.

All right.

My share of the guns, I want them. Get them out. Pepito.

How many does he get? Thirty guns.

And ammunition!

Four cases.

¡Hombres, hombres! Come over here.

Get the guns off the cart. And the ammunition.

Look at the cowards, the yellow cowards.

They run from San Miguel when the soldiers arrive.

Everybody, look at the heroes!

Psst.

- Hey, niño. - Six.

I'm not mad at you.

You're a gringo. What the hell is Mexico to you?

Eleven, twelve. I would go anyhow.

- Even if you were a Mexican? - I'm not cut out to be a hero.

These people need us. Are they worth it?

Why not? Aren't they men just like me and you? Nineteen.

Come here.

This is the people. Poor, tired.

But they're men, niño, just like me and you.

He don't smell nice, don't use perfume,

but he's a man, just like me and you.

Go unload.

Now you understand, niño?

No.

Gringo!

Are you coming?

Uh-huh.

Here. That's it.

Adios, Sr. Chuncho.

Chuncho, you can't do too many things all at the same time.

You just gotta do one at a time.

We gotta deliver arms.

Comin'?

I'm staying here.

I'll see you.

Adios, niño.

¡Pepe, Adelita! ¡Vamos!

- Good luck,Chuncho. - Go! Go!

Hah! Hah!

Sons of whores!

Bunch of cowards!

Vámonos.

Hey, Vicente, hurry up.

Hey! What are you doing? Adios, muchacho.

They take the guns from San Miguel.

No!

This isn't a shovel!

It's not a piece of wood. Is it a piece of wood?

Eh-- It's a piece of wood. No.

Tell me “no.” No! No.

It's a rifle, a Mauser.

The best rifle in the whole world. You hear that?

Listen. You open it.

You load it.

Huh? And you shut it. Huh?

You aim, and you shoot. All right?

Try it.

Come on, try. It don't look very hard.

Open it.

Load it.

Shut it. Shut it, I said.

Aim the gun.

Fir--

Did you lose this? Me? No. Don't know whose it is.

- You? - No. Eh--

You want us, eh-- You want us to try some more?

Huh?

- What am I doing here with you? - Why not?

And why are you here with me? Why?

Hmm?

Why? Because you are El Chuncho.

Why are you going?

Chuncho? What's the matter?

Let's try one more time. Go ahead. Go ahead!

Shoot yourself to pieces.

That's good. That's good. We'll put the gold machine gun here.

Better get it.

That's enough. Give me the gun. Go home.

Leave me alone.

Come over.

Shut up!

Will you leave me alone? I'll throw a rock at you.

- Come on. - Pig!

What's the matter, brother? She gets on my nerves, that woman.

I was thinking that we shouldn't have let them go.

It would have been better for all of us to stay here with the guns and everything.

With 30 rifles and a gold machine gun--

Nobody will take San Miguel as long as you're here. I know, I know.

And General Elías has more need of the rest of those guns than we do.

Who knows if the general will ever see those rifles?

Why not?

Because I don't know if the niño and those good-for-nothings will be able to find him.

Did you explain to them where it was?

I said up in the Sierra. The mountains, I said.

What else could I say?

There's no roads up there. There's-- There's nothing.

Maybe they'll all get lost.

Sí. The general needs those guns.

Mmm.

Shut up!

Brother, if it wasn't for the soldiers who might get here at any time,

I might have gone ahead, brought back the niño and the others.

In a day or so, I could.

But we need you here.

Sí, sí, I know.

Chuncho!

They stole the gun! They stole the gold machine gun. What?

When? Who did? This morning. This morning, when they left.

He said you said it was all right.

He said? Who said? I don't know what his name is. The one who sings.

Picaro! Sí.

You hear that?

And you're the one who can read and write!

Brother, I'm going.

Chuncho.

Give me your sombrero.

¡Vamos! Hah!

When will you come back? Chuncho!

- Huh? - When will you come back?

With luck, Santo, tomorrow I will return with the gold machine gun.

¡Vaya!

Come back.

Hey. It's Chuncho!

Picaro!

Eufemio!

Go get my horse.

Get out of here!

Nobody steals the gold machine gun from El Chuncho!

Hmm.

Well, welcome back. Now let's move.

No! Not that way! Over here!

Why? Because we're not going to headquarters.

Because it's too dangerous. They're fighting there.

But I know a place where the general's men trade for the guns.

You mean, we're not gonna meet the general?

I would like to. But for now...

we got to be satisfied with his photograph.

Vamos, Adelita.

¡Guapa!

¡Vamos, caballos!

Aha! One of the general's men!

Chuncho! There is a man coming!

I told you.

Chuncho, they're after him!

Look, there's soldiers! Pepito!

¡Muchachos! Follow me!

- Rurales! - Pepito!

Where are the others? At the water hole.

What is it?

Soldiers!

Bring my ammunition! Hurry!

Go, Vicente!

Niño!

The machine gun!

Get down! Get down, you fool!

Vicente!

Hiyah!

What is the news from the general?

It's all right. Did you bring guns?

Yes. Why are you alone? Where are the others?

We were ambushed.

Grab yourself a gun. Now we're going to have a little fun!

Chuncho, Vicente was hit!

Why do you wait? Go ahead! Calm down.

Go ahead, niño.

You're driving me crazy! Shoot! Shoot!

Oh, that's beautiful!

Shoot. More! More!

What a beautiful sound that is, huh, niño?

Go ahead. Go ahead!

Go on!

Niño, go ahead!

Look out for Adelita.

Hah! Hah! Hah!

Niño, go ahead!

Pepito! Here's bullets! Hurry up!

Pepito, you're dead.

Oh, you fool.

Come here, you sons of whores!

You sons of whores! Stay and fight!

Ah!

Stop, niño. Stop, I said.

The last one-- ...is for me.

Hey.

Hey, wait a minute. Where are you going?

Hey, I wanna shoot you.

Good thing you have that gold machine gun.

Hey, hey, where are you going?

I told you, I have to shoot you.

Is he dead?

Lousy, lousy luck.

Where's the money? Where's the money for the guns?

Maybe he didn't have it.

Maybe one of the others had it.

But why would one of the others have it?

Look at that. He didn't bring the money.

Or did you take it, niño?

Sure, I did. And I already spent it. Yes, now we have to find the general.

Vicente's dead.

Eufemio? Dead.

Pepito?

Dead.

Adelita.

Come on, muchacha. I'm going.

Where are you going? I'm just going.

Muchacha.

Everybody's got to die sometime.

What about your share of the guns?

Have you got the money?

No, I don't.

But if you come to the general with us--

We split three ways.

You have any money?

I don't understand you.

I don't know why. But I never hated anyone more than you.

Pepito's there.

Bury him.

Hah! Hah!

Aren't we wastin' time, Chuncho?

Hey, niño,

you all right?

Sick, huh?

Come on.

Come here.

Easy.

Easy.

Don't worry about it, niño. We all get sick once in a while.

You'll see. With a little heat, you'll be all right, niño.

No. It's malaria.

Malaria?

Will you get me the pills in my bag over there?

What did you say you want?

I want the pills, Chuncho. Oh, sí, sí.

The pills.

They're in a tube. Haven't you found them yet?

A tube, sí.

You want 'em all? Four.

Huh? Four.

Well, all right.

Four, huh?

Ah, that's no good. I give you some good medicine, niño.

Chew this. Chew. Go on. It's good. It's mescal.

Good for the body, for the head, for the making love.

Niño.

It'll get you to sleep.

Dream.

Drink, niño. Thanks.

Chuncho. Ah?

Tell me. Why do you waste so much time worrying about others?

Uh, who? Well, me for example.

You could have taken off without me and not shared anything with anybody.

Well, uh,

I don't like to be alone. I like company.

Chuncho. Huh?

Know anything about a place called the Hotel Moreles in Juarez?

I never been in a hotel.

If we ever have to separate, we'll meet there.

Why the hell do we have to separate, niño?

Chuncho, you never know.

Ah, we'll be together a long time.

Oh, niño, what do you got that gold bullet for?

Huh?

It's just my good luck charm.

Oh.

Like this for me.

- Yeah. Good luck.

Vamos. Vamos.

It's not far to the general's camp.

How do you like it, niño? All the money we get is ours, just the two of us.

Hah!

Hah! Hah!

Hey, Chuncho, still alive!

El Chuncho's going to live forever!

How are things? All right. We're waiting for guns.

What's new in the valley? Fighting all over the place.

Vamos, yah! Vamos! Much fighting, huh?

You said it. You've got a paradise here.

A paradise of hunger.

Ho! What are you talking about?

There's nothing to eat.

I got a gold machine gun for the general.

- Go on. Eat. - Gracias.

Sí, sí.

Hombre, the gringo is my friend.

Hey, vamos.

Hah, git.

Adios, señor.

Hey, chico, which one is the oldest one there?

Come.

Share it, eh? A piece for each one.

Come on.

Two. Two.

Wait a minute. One, two-- How many? Uh, five.

Five.

Three. Three.

Paquita, you go.

Good.

Hands up. Remember me, señor?

Oh.

Now do you like México?

No.

- Then what are you doing here? Why don't you go back to the States?

I sell arms. It's a job like any other.

Well, I wouldn't sell arms to people I didn't like.

You're not a professional, sonny.

Learn from General Elías.

Hey buys my guns. He don't care who sells them to him.

Hang in there, chico.

Adios.

Fantastic. The newest model.

It can fire the bullets the same as the Mauser.

Uh, one gold machine gun.

Condition, good.

Inside. Come on.

One, two, two.

No more.

Well? Well, what?

How much?

5,000 pesos.

Bueno.

But first, General Elías wants to speak with you.

The general wants to speak... to me?

All right.

Vamos.

They fought till the end. But the soldiers outnumbered them 10-to-1.

10-to-one. My general--

Here he is, my general.

Come.

- Morning, Chuncho. - Hello, my general.

I got your photograph. You look just like it.

Sit down.

In the old days, you fought side by side with us.

Now all you think about is money.

I bring you guns, no? I brought you a machine gun with gold all over it.

I know.

What is the total, Tomás?

- Five thou-- - Five thousand pesos.

Pay him.

This time, Chuncho, you did pretty well, huh?

Uh-huh.

Pretty well.

Muchas gracias, my general.

Just a moment, Chuncho.

There's something I want to ask you.

Ask me?

Yes, sit down.

Three days ago, the soldiers of Carranza...

attacked the town of San Miguel.

Almost everybody was killed...

because there were no arms to defend them.

It was a massacre.

¿Sí? Sí.

One man got rich from the massacre.

A man who gets rich from the death of his people, is that a man to you?

No.

What do you think that man is then?

He's a swine.

Exactly.

What would you do to him?

Kill him.

Your companions of San Miguel are all dead.

All of them.

And you're getting 5,000 pesos.

Have them kill me.

- Ramirez. - Yes, my general.

I want to be the one to punish him.

He's my brother.

My brother.

Chuncho.

I leave it to you.

Well, well--

I guess...

I'm lucky to have my brother here to kill me.

That way it won't seem so bad.

Take back your money. Where I'm going, I won't need it.

Adios, Chuncho.

Adios, my general Viva México.

Adios, Guapa, adios. ¡Adios!

Adios!

Brother, I don't want to die here. Smells of goats.

Let's go over there somewhere, eh?

Hey, my brother, Santo, want to confess me? Clean my soul?

There is no absolution for what you have done.

But you said that God was good. Big heart.

God, but not me.

Well, where?

Make up your mind.

The hat marks the spot.

Where you gonna hit?

Here? Or here?

You tell me.

Here.

Santo.

They shot the general!

The general was shot!

The general was hit by a golden bullet.

General Elías is dead.

No paper money, if you don't mind.

Isn't it just the same?

No, gold. Colonel, our agreement was for 100,000 Mexican pesos in gold.

Hmm. All right.

It is almost incredible that you succeeded.

Why is that?

You are very young.

You said exactly the same thing when I first came here, Colonel.

A man don't have to have a long, gray beard to pull a trigger.

How did you escape?

Oh, just lucky.

Just a moment.

A little receipt.

For, uh, services rendered the government.

Señor Taylor--

There are other rebel generals, you know.

If we need your services again, where would we be able to find you?

If I ever need a little gold again, Colonel, I'll find you. Adios.

Adios.

Keep the change. Gracias, señor.

Muchas gracias.

Señor. Señor, please. Señor, please help us.

Please say yes. Go away!

Go away! Please, you have much money.

Go on, all of you! Get away from here.

Please, señor. Stay away from here.

Leave the people alone. Go on. Go on.

Get away.

Hey, stop! Where are you going? You can't come in here!

Look out! He's got a pistol.

Call the police! Hold him! Hold him.

Let him go. Let him go!

But he's armed. The man has a pistol!

The guy's my friend.

A joke, huh? It isn't loaded.

How are you? It's been a while.

We should get the police.

Get the hell outta here.

Here.

Wait a minute. I want to show you somethin'.

Yesterday, I checked something with you.

I want to get it out.

If you wish, señor Taylor. just a moment.

You'll have it right away.

We put it in the safe, of course. Better to be safe than sorry.

Here we are.

For el señor Chuncho Niños.

Read the letter.

“Dear Chuncho, I waited for you for a week, but now I have to go.

Here are 50,000 pesos, which represent half of what I earned with your help.

I hope to see you again one day.”

All right. “Thanks for your--”

Here you are.

Señor. Sr. Chuncho.

Would you sign for it, por favor?

Come on.

Sign right there at the bottom. Make a cross, anything.

Good.

All right. All right, let's go. Come on.

We call the police? No.

I'm pretty sure they're old friends.

It's a lot of bull.

Oh, no. If I'd wanted to, I could have taken off with the whole pile.

Well--

But the general--

Why did you kill him, niño?

All right. I know. Yes, I know!

For all this goddamn gold.

You see how much the general was worth?

Just one bullet, and I was able to earn more than you'll ever earn in your whole life.

Sí.

And my brother? Why kill him?

Wasn't he just about to kill you?

Yes. That's right.

Hey. What is it?

Anything wrong, Chuncho?

Well--

I came here to put a bullet in you.

Now I don't know. I don't know.

I'll tell you what.

If takin' the gold is what's bothering you--

Easy. I'll take the whole thing.

You get away!

I took you to the general.

With this gold, even in the United States--

Would I be rich? Mm-hmm.

You're a rich man, Chuncho.

It's time you started looking like one.

Hey! Don't worry, señor.

What do you do? Uh, I'm a businessman, businessman.

I'm going to the United States. But if I come back, I'm going to look you up.

You're all right.

How'd it go last night? Oh, boy. What a woman.

How much did you give her? Nothing.

I never pay for it.

You've got to have a secret, Chuncho.

They love me.

Sometimes, once in a while, a present, if I like her.

But if you pay, you avoid complications.

In the States, maybe, I don't know.

But here, everything doesn't always depend on money, niño.

Hey, guapa.

Get outta my way. But, señor--

That's the way it goes, mister.

That's the way it goes.

Those people own the world. Eh, gringos.

Señor, señor. Shoeshine?

Buy yourself bread.

Señor-- No.

Señor. Go buy bread.

Ready? Gracias, señor.

Hey, Chuncho, you ever taken a train?

Thirteen or 11, I don't remember.

No, I mean as a traveler.

A traveler? Never. No. I think you're gonna enjoy it.

Niño, if we go to the United States, won't it be dangerous for you?

There's a price on your head, remember?

I only told you that so you'd take me in with you. And it worked.

And the handcuffs? Off a dead soldier.

A dead soldier. And how did you know I would attack the train?

I didn't know. I just rode all the trains that carried arms.

It took about three weeks.

And finally, there was me. Yep.

You're very intelligent, niño. You never make a mistake.

Come on. The train's about to leave. Let's get on. Wait.

I have always been your friend, and that's the truth.

And now I'm going to kill you.

That's over with. No, no, no, it isn't. How can a man carry a gun like this?

This is stupid. You have the money. Now why do you want to kill me?

It has to be. I'm going to kill you. I have to.

But tell me why. I don't know.

You're kiddin' me, aren't you?

I don't know.

You mean all this time, damn it, you were just kiddin' me along?

I don't know why, niño. It's just that I'm going to kill you.

Come on. At least tell me why!

Go back to the United States, gringo!

Don't buy bread with your money. No, hombre.

Buy dynamite!

Dynamite!

Dynamite!