

She mistakenly trusts the villainous Ruiz, who coldly executes the mother of one of Arturo's loyal rebels, Tomas.

Elena is not a captive after all and says she intends to marry Ruiz. When they go search for the sister, Raquel and Irish are taken prisoner by Ruiz and locked in a cell. As they talk, Raquel faints from her injury, and Irish offers to remove the bullet. The rebels aren't sure about Irish so they take him back to their leader, Arturo Torres. Marco is killed by Ruiz.Ī band of rebels saves Irish from certain death, with a particularly brave one, a woman, Raquel Noriega, being wounded by gunfire.

Mexico, 1911: An expatriate American known as "Irish" Gallagher joins up with Mexican revolutionaries when the mine where he and partner Marco have just struck gold is seized by Colonel Paco Ruiz, a corrupt official who rules the province. Wings of the Hawk is a 1953 3-D American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Van Heflin and Julie Adams.
