The Gay Desperado (1936)
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.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
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Nino Martini as Chivo |
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Ida Lupino as Jane |
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Leo Carrillo as Pablo Braganza |
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Harold Huber as Juan Campo |
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James Blakeley as Bill Shay |
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Stanley Fields as Butch |
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Mischa Auer as Diego |
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Adrian Rosley as Radio Station Manager |
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Paul Hurst as American Detective |
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Al Ernest Garcia as Police Captain |
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Frank Puglia as López |
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Michael Visaroff as Theatre Manager |
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Chris-Pin Martin as Pancho |
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Harry Semels as Manuel |
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George Du Count as Salvador |
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Alfonso Pedroza as Coloso |
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Len Brixton as Nick |
| Costume & Make-Up | Omar Kiam | Costume Design |
| Crew | Jack Perry | Stunts |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Music Director |
| Editing | Margaret Clancey | Editor |
| Camera | Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Budd Fine | Stunts |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Production | Mary Pickford | Producer |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Joe Dominguez | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Padjan | Stunts |
| Crew | Sailor Vincent | Stunts |
| Production | Jesse L. Lasky | Producer |
| Directing | Rouben Mamoulian | Director |
| Writing | Leo Birinski | Story |
| Writing | Wallace Smith | Writer |