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Directed by | Leslie Goodwins |
Written by | Lionel Houser and Joseph Fields |
Produced by | Robert Sisk |
Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | 2 June 1939 |
Running time | 71 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Girl from Mexico is a 1939 American comedy film starring Lupe Vélez. She plays a hot-headed, fast-talking Mexican singer taken to New York for a radio gig, who decides she wants the ad agency man for herself.
This low-budget film's unexpected box-office success resulted in a sequel, Mexican Spitfire, and eventually eight films all together. All eight were directed by Goodwins, used venerable comedian Leon Errol as a comic foil, and showcased Vélez's comic persona, indulging in broken-English malapropisms, troublemaking ideas, sudden fits of temper, occasional songs, and bursts of Spanish invective.
Cast
- Lupe Vélez as Carmelita Fuentes
- Donald Woods as Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
- Leon Errol as Uncle Matthew 'Matt' Lindsay
- Linda Hayes as Elizabeth Price
- Donald MacBride as L. B. Renner
- Edward Raquello as Tony Romano
- Elisabeth Risdon as Aunt Della Lindsay
- Ward Bond as Mexican Pete, the Wrestler
External links
- The Girl from Mexico at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Girl from Mexico at IMDb
- Turner Classic Movies page