The Gay Desperado
“THE GIANT MUSICAL HIT OF THE YEAR!”
1936•1h 26m•3.7•Released
MusicComedy
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
Writer
Wallace Smith
Languages
French
Studio
United Artists
Cast
Nino Martini
Chivo
Ida Lupino
Jane
Leo Carrillo
Pablo Braganza
Harold Huber
Juan Campo
James Blakeley
Bill Shay
Stanley Fields
Butch
Mischa Auer
Diego
Adrian Rosley
Radio Station Manager
Paul Hurst
American Detective
Al Ernest Garcia
Police Captain
Frank Puglia
López
Michael Visaroff
Theatre Manager
Chris-Pin Martin
Pancho
Harry Semels
Manuel
George Du Count
Salvador
Production
Company
United Artists
Company
Pickford-Lasky
Producer
Mary Pickford
Producer
Jesse L. Lasky
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