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. Shot on location in Spain, 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. 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. Cast Humberto Almazán as Miguel Pro (as Padre Humberto) Ernest Borgnine as The General Sancho Gracia as Humberto Pro Aldo Sambrell as Col. Marinos Harry Harris as Joe Weiler Nela Conjiu as Señora Pro Carlos Casaravilla as Capt. Larrea Vicente Sangiovanni as Luis Vilches Maida Severn as Señora Altera Gemma Cuervo as Loreto Marta Flores as Margarita Tina Sáinz as Ana Pro Asunción Vitoria as Nita Florencio Calpe as the Rector Martín Porras as Roberto Pro Gustavo Re as a Prison Official Moisés Augusto Rocha as a Witness Ángel Álvarez as The Bishop 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."