The Gay Desperado (1936)
THE GIANT MUSICAL HIT OF THE YEAR!
86 min
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.
- Release date
- October 2, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Nino Martini as Chivo
- Ida Lupino as Jane
- Leo Carrillo as Pablo Braganza
- Harold Huber as Juan Campo
- James Blakeley as Bill Shay
- Stanley Fields as Butch
- Mischa Auer as Diego
- Adrian Rosley as Radio Station Manager
- Paul Hurst as American Detective
- Al Ernest Garcia as Police Captain
Crew
- Rouben Mamoulian · Director
- Wallace Smith · Writer
- Leo Birinsky · Writer
- Jesse L. Lasky · Producer
- Mary Pickford · Producer
- Lucien N. Andriot · Cinematographer
- Margaret Clancey · Editor