The Kid from Spain

The Kid from Spain (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1932 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Leo McCarey

Written By:
William Anthony McGuire
Bert Kalmar

Actors:
Eddie Cantor ..... Eddie Williams
Lyda Roberti ..... Rosalie
Robert Young ..... Ricardo
Ruth Hall ..... Anita Gomez
John Miljan ..... Pancho
Noah Beery ..... Alonzo Gomez
J. Carrol Naish ..... Pedro
Robert Emmett O'Connor ..... Detective Crawford
Stanley Fields ..... Jose
Paul Porcasi ..... Gonzales
Sidney Franklin ..... Himself - American Matador

Synopsis:

In director Leo McCarey's film The Kid From Spain, actor Eddie Cantor plays mischievous college boy Eddie Williams, who, with his buddy Ricardo (Robert Young), is kicked out of college for sneaking into the women's dormitory. Ricardo (Young), on his way back to Mexico, suggests Eddie (Cantor) come along. First, however, Ricardo must stop at the local bank for some cash. Unfortunately, the bank is robbed as the two boys are leaving, and the fleeing thieves mistake Eddie for their getaway driver. In a panic, Eddie races off towards the Mexican border in hopes of getting way from them. Realizing that the bank robbers will go after him - Eddie, after all, is the only one who saw their faces--he convinces a skeptical border guard that he, too, is a Mexican. Once in Mexico, he's mistaken for a renowned bullfighter, and plays along with his newly assigned identity in order to avoid the American detective on his trail. Mayhem ensues, and Eddie eventually falls in love with Rosalie (Lyda Roberti), a young Mexican woman with an over-protective father. The musical numbers in The Kid From Spain were staged by a young Busby Berkeley and feature the Goldwyn Girls, whose ranks in this film include Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, and Jane Wyman.

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.

Comedy. A man unwittingly involved in a bank robbery, poses as a bullfighter, and to avoid a detective, is forced to really fight a bull.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 20 November, 2011.

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