“During the Revolution ‘Comrade' Mendoza, a rich landowner, changes according to the circumstances from a supporter of Zapata into a counterrevolutionary who executes his former ‘friends.'
“One of the best Mexican films during the years 1932 to 1942, a rich period in Mexican cinema. It is a brisk satire whose good humor, lively sense of observation, and memories of the Mexican Revolution (then still very recent) contribute to its portrayal of ‘Comrade' Mendoza as a true social type.”