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The Gay Desperado (1936)

THE GIANT MUSICAL HIT OF THE YEAR!

3.7(6)1h 26mOctober 2, 1936

Rouben Mamoulian

Director

Leo Birinski, Wallace Smith

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.

Cast

Nino Martini

Chivo

Ida Lupino

Jane

Leo Carrillo

Pablo Braganza

Harold Huber

Juan Campo

The Gay Desperado · Cinemalant

JB

James Blakeley

Bill Shay

Stanley Fields

Butch

Mischa Auer

Diego

Paul Hurst

American Detective

Al Ernest Garcia

Police Captain

Frank Puglia

López

Michael Visaroff

Theatre Manager

Chris-Pin Martin

Pancho

Harry Semels

Manuel

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: October 2, 1936
Production: United Artists, Pickford-Lasky
Country: United States of America

Keywords

operamexicosingerbandit

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