Rain for a Dusty Summer

Rain for a Dusty Summer, originally known as Miguel Pro and released on DVD as Guns 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 priest Miguel Pro during the Cristero 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 director Arthur Lubin.

Rain for a Dusty Summer
Original film poster
Directed byArthur Lubin
Produced byG.B. Buscemi
Written byG.B. Buscemi
Julius Evans
Based onstory by Leo Brady
Franklin Lacey
StarringHumberto Almazán
Ernest Borgnine
Music byWade Denning
CinematographyManuel Berenguer
Release date
1971
Running time
93 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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.

Reception

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 the Legion of Decency for To the People of the United States by making a bad Leo McCarey movie." [4]

Cast

See also

References
  1. Rain for a Dusty Summer at TCMDB
  2. Martin, Betty (8 Nov 1969). "Borgnine Signs for 'Miguel Pro' Role". Los Angeles Times. p. a7.
  3. Hendrick, Kimmis (30 Mar 1970). "'Rain' in Spain: cheaper, more Mexican: Spain's Hollywood". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 10.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.
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