Overview
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (1939)
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Setting
Set in Mexico
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Music
Music by Gordon Jenkins
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ted Tetzlaff
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Don HartmanScreenplay, Story
- Duke AtteberryScreenplay, Story
- Frank ButlerScreenplay, Story
- Jack MoffittScreenplay, Story
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 29, 1938
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Bob BurnsBreck Jones
Dorothy LamourManuela
Ray MillandKen Warren
Martha RayeMidge Miller
Binnie BarnesMarilyn Joyce
Tito GuízarRamón
Elvira RíosRosa
Roberto SotoRoberto
Michael VisaroffFelipe- Bobbie MoyaPepito
Fortunio BonanovaBarrera
Matt McHughJoe- Pepito PérezChico
Chris-Pin MartinPancho
Maria OlguimBullfighter- Teresa OlguimBullfighter
Mario SánchezComic- Ofelia AscencioTrio Member
- Sara AscencioTrio Member
- Emmy del RíoTrio Member
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