The Gay Desperado

The Gay Desperado

86 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 2, 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.

The Gay Desperado

86 mins | Comedy, Music | Oct. 2, 1936

The Gay Desperado
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers United Artists, Pickford-Lasky
Original title The Gay Desperado
Directors Rouben Mamoulian
Writers Wallace Smith, Leo Birinsky

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

Frank Puglia

as López

Michael Visaroff

as Theatre Manager

Chris-Pin Martin

as Pancho

Harry Semels

as Manuel

George Du Count

as Salvador

Alfonso Pedroza

as Coloso

Len Brixton

as Nick