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.

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

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