Caballo prieto azabache (film)

Caballo prieto azabache
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRené Cardona
Screenplay byRené Cardona
Rafael García Travesi
Story byRafael García Travesi
Based on"El prieto azabache"
by José Albarrán
StarringAntonio Aguilar
Flor Silvestre
Jaime Fernández
CinematographyFernando Colín
Edited byFederico Landeros
Music byEnrico C. Cabiati
Production
company
Estudios América
Distributed byCinematográfica Filmex
Release date
  • February 8, 1968 (1968-02-08) (Mexico)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Caballo prieto azabache (La tumba de Villa) is a 1968 Mexican historical drama film starring Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, and Jaime Fernández. It focuses on a horse breeder named Jesús who is set on buying a horse known as "Caballo prieto" (dark horse) and pursuing a relationship with a singer named Genoveva Alarios. With he and Genoveva eventually recruited as spies for the revolutionary leader Pancho Villa. The film was successful at the box-office and stayed in theaters for a surprising nine weeks.[1]