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The Girl from Mexico(1939)
Status: Released
Date: 1939-06-01
51%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 11m
CARAMBA! CYCLONE! FIREWORKS!
Overview:
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Girl from Mexico
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lupe Vélez
Carmelita Fuentes
Donald Woods
Dennis Lindsay
Leon Errol
Matthew Lindsay
Donald MacBride
L. B. Renner
Ward Bond
Mexican Pete
Elisabeth Risdon
Della Lindsay
Linda Hayes
Elizabeth Price
Edward Raquello
Tony Romano
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Overview
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Release Date
1939-06-01
Average
5.143
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
CARAMBA! CYCLONE! FIREWORKS!
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