| Rain for a Dusty Summer | |
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 Originalfilm poster | |
| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
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| Based on | story by Leo Brady Franklin Lacey |
| Produced by | G.B. Buscemi |
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| Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer |
| Music by | Wade Denning |
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Running time | 93 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Rain for a Dusty Summer, originally known asMiguel Pro and released on DVD asGuns of the Revolution, is a 1971 Mexican revolution film.[1][2] Shot on location in Spain,[3] it depicts the life and death of Mexican priestMiguel Pro during theCristero War. The lead role was played by Humberto Almazán, an actor who left the industry to become a priest and returned to acting for this film. The movie was the final feature film of directorArthur Lubin.
In 1917 Mexico, the new government has commenced a war against the Church. Priests are rounded up and executed, churches burned down and religion outlawed. A carefree happy priest has to go on the run but returns to his nation to perform his priestly duties.
Diabolique magazine later wrote "this is sometimes called a spaghetti Western, but it isn't really… It's more a priest-on-the-run story, where a guitar-playing man of the cloth tries to escape army prosecution during the 1917 Mexican Revolution. This film's a hard slog, badly dubbed and veers wildly in tone (one minute the priest is in drag, the next he's being executed by firing squad). It's very pro-Catholic, as if Lubin was trying to make amends to theLegion of Decency forTo the People of the United States by making a badLeo McCarey movie."[4]
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