The Kid from Spain

The Kid from Spain

96 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 17, 1932

Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.

The Kid from Spain

96 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 17, 1932

The Kid from Spain
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Original title The Kid from Spain
Directors Leo McCarey
Writers William Anthony McGuire, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby

Cast

Eddie Cantor

as Eddie Williams

Lyda Roberti

as Rosalie

Robert Young

as Ricardo

Ruth Hall

as Anita Gomez

John Miljan

as Pancho

Noah Beery

as Alonzo Gomez

J. Carrol Naish

as Pedro

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Detective Crawford

Stanley Fields

as Jose

Paul Porcasi

as Gonzales

Sidney Franklin

as Himself - American Matador

Jean Allen

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Loretta Andrews

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Betty Grable

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Paulette Goddard

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Marion Sayers

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Jane Wyman

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Toby Wing

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Dorothy Coonan Wellman

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)